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I guess, but then how are developers in first world countries supposed to pay the rent? If a company wants to source all their developers from third world count
by impatientduck 7y ago
I guess, but then how are developers in first world countries supposed to pay the rent? If a company wants to source all their developers from third world countries maybe they shouldn't be allowed to list their stock in first world exchanges. Seems fair, no?
- xyzzyz 7y agoThey can take some other job which will presumably pay more? Nobody's forcing them to work for $25/hour.
- impatientduck 7y agoExcept if we outsource all the jobs...Likewise, no one would be forcing Automattic to list on a first world exchange - there are many other ones where they could be free to float their stock. How come all's fair for labor, but not for capital?
- cutler 7y agoExactly. In the long game remote = outsourcing = race to the bottom. Marx saw it coming a long time ago.
- dimitar 7y agoNot at all - both sides benefit from trade. And also 3rd world investors buy a big part of that stock (including a part of my savings). AFAIK developers in the first world still get better than the average salaries.
- fsloth 7y agoIn Finland 25$ per hour would be way higher than average wage. Finland is very much a first world country.
- RobertKerans 7y agoLooking at the current exchange rates, I don't earn a huge amount more than this, and I have a mortgage, support my partner and child financially, and live very comfortably in a city in a first world country. Admittedly one with non-insane healthcare, and not in a capital city/city where house prices are sky high, but still.