Crowdsourcing
Crowdsourcing
(OP)
I heard about a new buzz word called crowdsourcing where companies can post problems they may have on to a web site and allow millions of enthusiastic amateurs to solve their problems rather than have their own R&D people do it. The web site gets paid a small fee for posting the problem and thousands are paid if a solution is found.
Have any companies tried this and does it work? Is this just a cheaper way of outsourcing without needing to know urdu? How can I get rich?
Have any companies tried this and does it work? Is this just a cheaper way of outsourcing without needing to know urdu? How can I get rich?
corus





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Greg Locock
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Of course, the PM will have to read the answers and pick the right one...
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Another option (which saves you the hassle of having to moderate a forum) is: casually throw your technical problem into the management team meeting, and you will get all the answers you ever needed and more (see also the Corny management sayings thread in the Eng Language forum).
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I can answer your questions for $15...each.
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Wait, that contradicts what I said earlier... Hmmm... The lazy PM will still have to figure out how to ask questions?
Aha! The lazy PM will PAY someone to ask questions for him!
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Reminds me of an arrogant put-down I got many years ago when asked what I did for a living. The reply I got was "I employ people to tell people to write computer programs."
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to begin with urdu is officially spoken in Pakistan. I suppose you were referring to Hindi,which is spoken in India.
To get rich join any of the US companies in India,who will pay you well and you need to spend less here.
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Greg Locock
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also
http://www.despair.com/teamwork.html
Cheers
Greg Locock
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Some teachers are having to web search to try and identify students who are posting for answers...(and some of them may answer themseleves just for the extra income?).
But hey, if you are worried these sites will take your job you have two options, beat management to it and get the answers for yourself and then submit them to management or start posting your own solutions to problems.
Of course, it won't last because before too long everyone will be so dumbed down that no one will be able to be anything other than a consumer (e.g. get a job as a mystery shopper).
JMW
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