> You can't discuss software in this context without discussing IBM global services, oracle, computer associates, accenture etc etc.
> Shut them all down, watch the average quality of software improve dramatically, immediately.
This is naive. All of those organizations hire extremely smart people and pay them well.
The issue isn't them existing; instead, it's companies wanting "bodies" of developers/operators at the lowest price, hundreds of millions of folks in more impoverished areas willing to answer the call, regardless of the stipulations, and this being extremely profitable when done at scale. Blame executives continuing to think that tech is a cost to be optimized, not an investment to care for.
This pendulum is starting to swing in the other direction (paying for quality not quantity), but it's a slow adjustment.
Accidenture has a vested interest in their products' failure, lest we forget. If they were to hire smart people, that would just make them even more dangerous.
> Shut them all down, watch the average quality of software improve dramatically, immediately.
This is naive. All of those organizations hire extremely smart people and pay them well.
The issue isn't them existing; instead, it's companies wanting "bodies" of developers/operators at the lowest price, hundreds of millions of folks in more impoverished areas willing to answer the call, regardless of the stipulations, and this being extremely profitable when done at scale. Blame executives continuing to think that tech is a cost to be optimized, not an investment to care for.
This pendulum is starting to swing in the other direction (paying for quality not quantity), but it's a slow adjustment.