Adding to this. I've worked with people from Tech Mahindra. Some observations.
1. Very green staff that have little to no coding skills/ability.
2. Communication barriers, even when the people are local.
3. Jobs that any other organization would do with one person being split into 3 different roles with a net result of costing more than hiring the more expensive onshore devs.
4. Because of #3 software takes longer to deliver resulting in more money spent on people who are onshore.
Many of these efforts are akin to putting a bunch of monkeys in front of typewriters and expecting to get the next Shakespeare. The old "Mythical Man Month" book by Fred Brooks still holds true and it is truly astounding that organizations continue to make the same mistakes and not learn from history etc..
1. Very green staff that have little to no coding skills/ability.
2. Communication barriers, even when the people are local.
3. Jobs that any other organization would do with one person being split into 3 different roles with a net result of costing more than hiring the more expensive onshore devs.
4. Because of #3 software takes longer to deliver resulting in more money spent on people who are onshore.
Many of these efforts are akin to putting a bunch of monkeys in front of typewriters and expecting to get the next Shakespeare. The old "Mythical Man Month" book by Fred Brooks still holds true and it is truly astounding that organizations continue to make the same mistakes and not learn from history etc..