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Might be projecting here but I find this minutiae regarding embracing remote as a first class is just beating around the bush, people are pro/con depending on h

• ghaff 6y ago
  That post isn't really about remote work as such though. (Which tends to focus on a desire for people working remotely for SV companies to earn SV developer compensation while living in Des Moines.) It's about complete offices/teams in Europe earning much less than if they were in the US. Which is, indeed, one of the reasons (though not the only one) that many larger companies have significant software development offices in places like Eastern Europe and India.
  • a_imho 6y ago
    Do you think there is a difference between remote and remote in the US? That post is about work done remotely, nothing more nothing less. It is merely an artifact of the current implementation that some can be vastly undercompensated due to their lack of bargaining power. Or you can say it is engineered to be that way if you are less generous. If covid makes companies transition to remote first, what advantage remains over overseas workers? Will it justify the much higher salaries? That is what makes people uneasy imo, not that they have to do standups over zoom, I don't buy that. The answer is obviously not much, but it has been the case for quite some time. Personally I don't think this mass transition will happen this time either.