@tomogden
A: why would students study computer science if all they hear/see are programming work sent overseas.
B: comp sci is not an easy discipline. While not nearly as tough as law or medicine, it still requires a lot of intelligence in math and science. There are many, many folks in the u.s. who are just not good in math & science. Its a total disadvantage to have parents who don't have those skills if you want to pursue math & science.
C: programming was never viewed as a glamorous job and people in the u.s. being as shallow as they are only want jobs that would make others go oooh, aaah or jobs that are simple.
But one major side effect to outsourced programmers is that they don't have decent communication skills. Managers, unless they are technical never seem to understand how important that is when generating requirements and meeting your client's expectation. I have worked with lots and lots of out sourced developers in the past and they irritate the heck out of me. They can spend 15 hours non stop writing brilliant code but they code the complete wrong thing. Not once but over and over.
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