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> I'm not really sure what is the middle ground here. The middle ground is irrelevant. The market price will be determined by supply, demand, and the differenc
by barry-cotter 8y ago
> I'm not really sure what is the middle ground here.
The middle ground is irrelevant. The market price will be determined by supply, demand, and the differences in productivity and other factors of remote programmers. They’ll meet somewhere in the middle between the current local labour market model and one where collaboration software and practices are so perfect that there’s only one market for programmers, the global one. But we don’t know where yet.
- humanrebar 8y agoRight. If you want to hire people who live in the bay area, you should pay enough for them to at least live sustainably there. If that's too expensive, adjust your recruiting or hiring strategy. Maybe recruit bay area programmers that realize their current salary isn't sustainable since they need to plan for illness, retirement, saving up to launch an idea, etc.