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I thought we already went through this in the early 2000's when everyone predicted all CS work would be outsourced to India in the near future. The fact is we w

I thought we already went through this in the early 2000's when everyone predicted all CS work would be outsourced to India in the near future. The fact is we work in an industry with potentially crazy profit margins, a handful of skilled programmers can create something worth X1000 their income. Skimping on your development team has been proved again and again to be a terrible idea. I do agree that if you are in it for the money, you will have a bad time and not get very far.

heavenlyblue 8y ago
>> a handful of skilled programmers can create something worth X1000 their income. What you're trying to say here is that 'only a handful of programmers have been at the right place at the right time to earn the position that gives them enough equity worth x1000 the income of others'. There are many talented developers out there. Trying to say that an average developer from India has the same chances of getting involved with a highly-financed startup at it's early stages as an average developer from Silicon Valley is just misguided at least.
- cjohnson318 8y ago
  India aside, we have the same issue with zip codes in America. The number of high school students from Santa Clara County to become developers or work in lucrative tech jobs dwarfs the number of students from similarly populous counties from other states landing the same jobs. Colocation, mentoring, networking, and cultural similarities really matter.