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Same reason bands from all over the world come to perform in America (well, in normal years, at least) even though America is full of performing musicians who a
by randomdata 6y ago
Same reason bands from all over the world come to perform in America (well, in normal years, at least) even though America is full of performing musicians who are lucky if they ever make a penny? What reason is there to see the Rolling Stones when <band I have never heard of> is playing?
When the job is more than perfectly repeatable steps defined by an employer, which certainly describes the development of software, where anyone can be replaced with anyone else, there is sometimes value in specific people doing the job. People who may or may not be American.
- ajsnigrutin 6y agoOr maybe because foreigners are cheaper, are willing to work more for their pay, and even if treated badly, they won't quit, because they'll have to leave their country then.
- randomdata 6y agoBut, in fact, the domestic performers are the cheaper ones. The employer still chooses the Rolling Stones more often than not, despite a substantially higher cost to employ them over a band that has never been heard of. Cost does not seem to be a consideration. And if not music, the same holds true everywhere. There are all kinds of Americans willing to throw themselves into a job – especially a job at prestigious company like Facebook – for minimum wage, or even an unpaid position (often known as an internship). No problem at all. It is definitely not lack of Americans willing to work for almost nothing to even literally nothing. Those people are in abundance – particularly right now with higher than usual unemployment rates.