The "lower cost of living" argument, is misleading. Yes it is cheaper to live in many other places, but competitive forces make smart developers gravitate towar

The "lower cost of living" argument, is misleading. Yes it is cheaper to live in many other places, but competitive forces make smart developers gravitate towards high paying jobs.. if you are paying $7/hr for a developer and you consider the overhead of management layers,communication costs, cultural diferences, productivity etc etc.. you end up getting about $7/hr type of product. If your project can live with $7 components fine.. if you need better, you usually throw it away and get a new one... ( Exactly as I did last time I bought a cheap set of tools at home depo.. yea they where cheap, but lasted a week and gave me a whole lot of trouble and aggravation)