I'm sure we've all become familiar with the concept of outsourcing. Taking a task and having that task done halfway across the world. (Or if you want to be hip and call outsourcing to a country which is about a 2 hour flight away "near shoring" you're only kidding yourself ;)
Anyway, in the years I've spent being a developer the concept of outsourcing inevitably came up. Why? "Because it saves so much money!"
.. Oh, really?
LITTLE GIRL ON A PLANE: An atheist was seated next to a little girl on
an airplane and he turned to her and said, "Do you want to talk?
Flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow
passenger." ... The little girl, who had just started to read her
book, replied to the total stranger, "What would you want to talk
about?" ... " Oh, I don't know," said the atheist. "How about why
there is no God, or no Heaven or Hell, or no life after death?" as he
smiled smugly. "OK," she said. "Those could be interesting topics but
let me ask you a question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat
the same stuff - grass. Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a
cow turns out a flat patty, but a horse produces clumps. Why do you
suppose that is?" The atheist, visibly surprised by the little girl's
intelligence, thinks about it and says, "Hmmm, I have no idea." To
which the little girl replies, "Do you really feel qualified to
discuss why there is no God, or no Heaven or Hell, or no life after
death, when you don't know shit?" And then she went back to reading
her book.
A friend of mine sent me this joke earlier today.. Shall I break it down for you? ;)
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