I wondered how long until "remote work" became the new "talent scarcity," an excuse to pay less. Programmers like us are not commodities, though, or we'd be wo

I wondered how long until "remote work" became the new "talent scarcity," an excuse to pay less. Programmers like us are not commodities, though, or we'd be worth as much in one location as another, given we can work remotely. And we could be traded (like pro athletes). We are service agents more like cleaners or restaurant waitstaff.