Joho the Blog » Primate Programming
EverydayChaos
Everyday Chaos
Too Big to Know
Too Big to Know
Cluetrain 10th Anniversary edition
Cluetrain 10th Anniversary
Everything Is Miscellaneous
Everything Is Miscellaneous
Small Pieces cover
Small Pieces Loosely Joined
Cluetrain cover
Cluetrain Manifesto
My face
Speaker info
Who am I? (Blog Disclosure Form) Copy this link as RSS address Atom Feed

Primate Programming

From Jeffrey Tarter comes new of an important new business model for outsourcing software development.


Joe Grossberg thinks the Primate Programming page has “racist overtones.” I can see that way of taking it, although (I hope obviously) that’s not how I took it. I take it as being about the commodification of software development and a Dilbert-esque swipe at the gullibility and irresponsibility of pointy-haired bosses.

Previous: « || Next: »

4 Responses to “Primate Programming”

  1. Someone sent me this awhile back – I’m still not sure how to take it.

  2. I take it as having racist undertones:
    http://www.joegrossberg.com/archives/000837.html

    I.e., send our white-collar jobs to India? Why not give them to monkeys, while you’re at it!

  3. Joe, I can see your point but I think you’re reading too much into this. More than I do anyway. I take it as being about the commodification of software writing, like the old Dilbert comic strip that said that a cat walked across a keyboard and wrote a web browser.

  4. White-collar jobs outsourcing : Outsourcing
    has been witnessed in some form or the other for many years. …
    http://www.indianchild.com/outsourcing/ outsourcing_white_collar_jobs.htm

Leave a Reply

Comments (RSS).  RSS icon