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Lessons learned from offshoring
Created: 10/30/2007
Video description: Vivian Chan, a recent graduate of San Francisco State University, and Jim Seeto, president of the SFSU chapter of a student group called Information Management Systems Association, speak with News.com Executive Editor Mike Yamamoto about technology curricula at U.S. colleges and the influence of offshore outsourcing on career decisions.

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