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More like anyone can rip off employers. When you are dealing internationally, you are out of the bounds of US law. There is no guarantee that your code won't
by one2know 6y ago
More like anyone can rip off employers. When you are dealing internationally, you are out of the bounds of US law. There is no guarantee that your code won't simply be stolen. You have no recourse except travel twelve time zones to a place you have no power in. No one need worry about outsourcing. It's been proven that the only work going to outsourcing is low risk service labor like phone support.
- josho 6y agoAs a counter example IP laws in Canada are aligned with US and is the same timezone, yet with currency exchange salaries are discounted by 30%.
- username90 6y ago> yet with currency exchange salaries are discounted by 30%. It doesn't work that way. Salaries are lower in Canada, but that is not due to the currency exchange.
- pashamur 6y agoCanada is only ~10% of the U.S. population. I'm not sure in terms of developer numbers, but if percentages are comparable, that's a pretty small effect on the overall market.
- josho 6y agoI wouldn't consider increasing the labor pool by 10% a small effect. Regardless, and once a company has figured out hiring remote for Canada, then why not add Mexico which through NAFTA/USMCA has sorted out IP type issues. Then once MX has worked well why stop there and repeat across South America. So, the reality is likely increasing the labor pool size every year for the next decade. Those annual small changes compound and lead to dramatic changes over the long term. Take a look at what happened to manufacturing jobs in the US over the past few decades. Remote work has the potential to transform things just as much.