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> Why would a company limit it self to the U.S So this is essentially protectionism. I mean if engineers outside the US are just as talented and productive, wh
by cachestash 6y ago
> Why would a company limit it self to the U.S
So this is essentially protectionism. I mean if engineers outside the US are just as talented and productive, why should a company only use US engineers, especially if their marketplace is global.
- runawaybottle 6y agoThey should. The concern US developers have is that devaluation doesn’t always occur in sanitary ways. Let’s say you have the same talent elsewhere, it’s likely a company will pay considerably less, and may also take advantage of other factors due to that person’s desperation - overwork, given less input/influence, less career growth/trajectory, more contract based, less full-time, less or no benefits, less laws, etc. So the quality of life for the US developer will not only come down in terms of pay, but also for all those other reasons. The worst part about it is that the off shore workers won’t regain those improvements for awhile (as in, until their standards go up over time - higher pay, etc). It’s a regression on more fronts than compensation, with the enemy not necessarily being developers (where ever they are), but more so the ruthless market mechanisms.