Painlessly Programmed in India

While reading, “Fractal Market Analysis,” a book applying chaos theory to investments by Edgar E. Peters, I came across the Sierpinski triangle, a fractal that generates the same pattern no matter where you start and no matter the randomness of the dice. It occurred to me that the fractal is a good lesson for life in that no matter where you start, no matter what experience you have gained, and no matter what random happenings occurred, a degree from an accredited university will most likely make your life easier over the long run. I thought an ad running in the background while a person experimented with the fractal would be a neat way to spread the word about NU and SOET (School of Engineering and Technology). The problem I faced was getting it programmed and it turned out to be a more daunting task than I imagined. That is until Dr. Shekar Viswanathan, the new Chair for the Department of Applied Engineering, introduced me to a company in India. A detailed email describing what I wanted and a couple of follow up email changes and the application was emailed to me, including all code and install instructions. I must say I was amazed with the quality as well as the cost. In fact, without the India programmers this application would not have been cost effective and therefore it would not have gotten done. Yesterday, I saw my copy of InformationWeek with a cover story entitled; Made in India. You know about offshore outsourcing. Here’s what comes next – business applications developed in Hyderabad, Mumbai, and beyond. These guys made the process so painless that you should check it out for yourself. Here is the link. Have fun. Oh, and get a degree on-line from SOET. http://tomcat.gdickinson.com/fractals
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