[Idontreddit]

If you think the off-shore worker is 10% as effective, then you are either over-valuing "on-shore" worker or under-valuing the off-shore worker.

>I'm not so sure about considering the anecdata I've amassed over the years working with some of these outsourcing body shops, like Tata, HCL, Cognizant, Infosys, etc.

They may be awful, but anecdotal evidence is that "on-shore" workers are awful as well.

Only time will tell. People used to say the exact same thing about manufacturing. Off-shore workers aren't as good as on-shore workers. Turns out, they were wrong.