Software has a problem because too many managers think all software people are interchangeable development units.

I've observed that a lot of bad software development managers were previously failed software developers. Perhaps one reason they view us as interchangeable is because developers of that level of quality are indeed interchangeable?

Related to my observation that offshoring can make sense if you note that most corporate development projects fail (not much less than half outright, more than half when you add the "declare victory" messes), and that offshoring is a cheaper way to fail.