body shopper

body shopper
n.
A contractor in a Third World country who recruits local programmers and shops them around to software companies in North America.
Example Citation:
"In San Francisco, contract programmers undercut by foreign body shoppers are waging a campaign to get immigration authorities to stop issuing short-term visas to foreign programmers."
— Leslie Helm, "Creating High-Tech Sweatshops," The Los Angeles Times
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