Talk about offshoring??
In today’s world, for the software industry – ‘Offshoring’ and ‘Outsourcing to India’ – are synonyms. So if somebody is talking about offshoring, they are basically talking about outsourcing to India unless specified otherwise. Not to say that things are not changing – there are other countries like China and Vietnam who are picking up more and more work from the US. But they still have a long way to go because of the unique advantages that India has.
But, to SeaCode Inc, offshoring means three miles off the coast of the US. What San Diego-based start-up SeaCode Inc. plans to do is nothing if not novel: anchor a cruise ship three miles off the coast of Los Angeles, fill it with up to 600 programmers from around the world, eliminate visa restrictions and make it easy for customers to visit the site via water taxi.
I won’t make a comment on whether they will be successful or not – since I am not yet clear if this is their entire business model or have they refined it further. But this idea is definitely interesting. Read the story here.
the idea is interesting and they do look serious and profit making in thier thinking,,one glitch i see is that they say they will benifit as they dont have to follow the visa regulations…then also talk abt the shore leaves for employees,,now for going to shore those people will need a visa or not?????
I agree with Ankur, devs cannot spend their whole life on the cruise.
I read about this in Times Of India, about a Month back, it’s definitely a novel idea. Somewhat similar to the Merchant Navy.
I would definitely like to try it out, should be fun.