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Its really funny reading your posts about this cos I actually manage a lot (around 20) indian programmers and I have given some out to GFY people in the past. I always wondered how americans and GFY people generally would handle it.
I am actually Indian myself (British born) but even I still sometimes get annoyed with the politeness thing. Its just as irritating when you call the bank and youre on the phone to some Indian call centre.
Its just that as Indian's we're always brought up to give maximum respect to our seniors and elders. Being based in a western country adds to that. Also most Indians are tought formal ie letter writing English as opposed to the informal usage in the states or the in UK.
The biggest problem ive had so far is that they tend not to read your instructions the first time around - this pisses me off no end.
Overall though, these guys are superb. They work hard, they will make sure youre happy, they dont complain much and they treat you like royalty. There's also a huge culture of bargaining for things in India so you can expect them to ask for more dough sooner or later. That said, you can get some extremely talented php scripters for like as little as 150 Rupees per hour (which is like $3.50). Not bad going....
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