I've been reading Robert X Cringley's column in Infoworld for at least 10 years now. I still don't understand the whole Robert X. Cringley embodiment deal. I mean, didn't the original Robert X. Cringley leave early on? And did Infoworld buy the rights to his name to use in the column? I just don't get it. Anyway, I read him every week, out of habit more than anything. Sometimes he does crack me up like he did today. Here's an excerpt. You'll find the complete column here.
All Offshore That’s Goin’ Offshore: Techies whose jobs have been exported to the land of paneer and curry can take solace in reports they’re really helping the economy. The argument is that moving scut jobs such as support offshore opens up higher-paying positions here. Just last week, India’s No. 2 outsource house, Infosys Technologies, announced plans to hire 500 consultants for its new U.S. branch. Their job: to get American firms to outsource even more work (thus boosting the economy even further). In related news, parts of this column will soon be written by a support team based in Bangalore. They’ll handle all prepositions, adjectives, and semicolons; I’ll still be doing the heavy lifting on nouns, verbs, and snarky asides.