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alxmdev on Sept 29, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: IBM Now Has More Employees in India Than in the U....

It's been done alright!

> "As it turns out, Bob had simply outsourced his own job to a Chinese consulting firm. Bob spent less than one-fifth of his six-figure salary for a Chinese firm to do his job for him."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jan/16/software-devel...

hardlianotion on Sept 29, 2017 [–]

I remember that. The only bit I have no sympathy with was that he chose to send his whole day quietly browsing the web.

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