Just had my first taste of India….


I got to turn this:

<?php $i=1?>
                <?php query_posts('category_name=Projects2&showposts=3&orderby=rand'); ?>
                <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
               
                <?php if($i==1)
     {?>
      <div class="set set1">
    <div class="title"><h4><a href="<?php the_permalink();?>"><?php the_title();?></a></h4></div>
             <div class="content">
                               <a href="#">
                               <?php $values = get_post_custom_values("image"); ?>
                               <img src="<?php echo $values[0]; ?>" width="242" height="148" alt="">
                               </a>
         <!--content end--></div>
             <!--set set1 end--></div>
                       
                 <?php }
     elseif($i==2)
 {?>
                        <div class="set set1">
    <div class="title"><h4><a href="<?php the_permalink();?>"><?php the_title();?></a></h4></div>
             <div class="content">
                                <a href="#">
                                <?php $values = get_post_custom_values("image"); ?>
                                <img src="<?php echo $values[0]; ?>" width="242" height="148" alt="">
                                </a>
            <!--content end--></div>
                   <!--set set1 end--></div>
                       
                 <?php  }
elseif($i==3)
 {?>
                        <div class="set set1">
    <div class="title"><h4><a href="<?php the_permalink();?>"><?php the_title();?></a></h4></div>
             <div class="content">
                                <a href="#">
                                <?php $values = get_post_custom_values("image"); ?>
                                <img src="<?php echo $values[0]; ?>" width="242" height="148" alt="">
                                </a>
            <!--content end--></div>
                   <!--set set1 end--></div>
                       
                 <?php  }
     else
 {?>
                       <div class="set set1">
    <div class="title"><h4><a href="<?php the_permalink();?>"><?php the_title();?></a></h4></div>
             <div class="content">
                                <a href="#">
                                <?php $values = get_post_custom_values("image"); ?>
                               <img src="<?php echo $values[0]; ?>" width="242" height="148" alt="">
                                </a>
          <!--content end--></div>
                  <!--set set1 end--></div>
                       
                 <?php } ?>
                                 
                                   
                   <?php $i++; ?>
                  <?php endwhile; ?>
                  <?php wp_reset_query();?>

Into this:

<?php query_posts('category_name=Projects2&showposts=3&orderby=rand'); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

<div class="set set1">
     <div class="title"><h4><a href="<?php the_permalink();?>"><?php the_title();?></a></h4></div>
     <div class="content">
     <a href="#">
     <?php $values = get_post_custom_values("image"); ?>
     <img src="<?php echo $values[0]; ?>" width="242" height="148" alt="">
     </a>
  </div><!--content end-->
</div><!--set set1 end-->

<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php wp_reset_query();?>

Needless to say, my client will no longer be outsourcing to India.

  1. #1 by Hector Virgen at June 3rd, 2010

    If I got paid by the number of lines of code I write, I’d go with the first one.

  2. #2 by Lauri at June 21st, 2010

    Found your blog via your Stack Overflow account, the title of this post made me laugh.

    Having just enjoyed a nice dinner I picked up from an Indian restaurant nearby, I must conclude that besides lines of code in their software (apparently), some of them also exaggerate the amount of cilantro in their cooking!

  3. #3 by vineeth at October 21st, 2010

    Making a remark to a country on basis of some coding done by some particular individuals is very cheap… its frustrating when i come across such comments u may not know if that coding was done by a college student ,, and not a professional

  4. #4 by Avi at November 3rd, 2010

    I see (in the blink of a second) that you had to do a *lot* of work to squeeze the code :P
    Some Indian (student perhaps) fooled your client and you (apparently) double fooled him .. :D

  5. #5 by Yisrael Dov Lebow at May 30th, 2011

    Re #3

    I have come across awful code that also came out of india, a professional outsourcing company. I don’t know if it is representative of all Indian coders, or all outsourcers or just bad luck.

  6. #6 by Yisrael Dov Lebow at May 30th, 2011

    BTW the pictures don’t work any more

  7. #7 by Junaid Atique at June 13th, 2011

    Well Indian coders bid for a project that is, for example, worth of $100, $20. There is so much poverty in india that they only want work regardless of its efficiency. They are ruining our efficient industry, I must say…

  8. #8 by Rafi Hecht at August 17th, 2011

    INDIA = I’ll Never Do It Again

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