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The reality that I saw, when I was an on-site coordinator for one of the big three companies of India: When the project starts, you have 1-2 experienced people on the team who are really good - these are the ones that are sent initially to interface with the customer, get requirements and set the tone of the project. After the project is on its way, when additional members are needed, the team is staffed with rookies - actually I have actually encountered that "We'll give you 2 for the cost of 1". No need to say, that employees on-site are forbidden to code as it is "too expensive". Thus most of the code that ends up being written is done by poor 6-month or less experienced beginners. No wonder the code sucks. The insane amount of cost cutting shortcuts that these companies employ may be the main reason why most of the out-sourced projects fail. Just my 2c