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Working Smarter

November 11, 2005 @ 01:06 AM

Consider this quote, from Paul Graham:

During the Bubble, a lot of people predicted that startups would outsource their development to India. I think a better model for the future is David Heinemeier Hansson, who outsourced his development to a more powerful language instead. A lot of well-known applications are now, like BaseCamp, written by just one programmer. And one guy is more than 10x cheaper than ten, because (a) he won’t waste any time in meetings, and (b) since he’s probably a founder, he can pay himself nothing.
David Heinemeier Hansson created Ruby on Rails, by the way.  But this quote really reiterates another key point made by Chad Fowler in his book, My Job Went to India.  While I don’t have the book in front of me, one of Chad’s points was that the west embraces automation and tools, where as for the most part our would-be replacers in India do not.  Americans in particular have been automating ourselves out of jobs for decades.  Tools like Ruby on Rails allow western developers to maintain a productivity edge.

Relevant Links

The Venture Capital Squeeze – An article by Paul Graham
Loud Thinking - DHH’s blog

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