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The one thing people seem to keep forgetting about when talking about this race to the bottom is how hard it is to find good software authors. My company is ful
by eikenberry 6y ago
The one thing people seem to keep forgetting about when talking about this race to the bottom is how hard it is to find good software authors. My company is fully remote and global and it is still really hard to find good people. I really don't see much of a change given the current unmet, and rising, demand.
- kbos87 6y agoAgree with this. If a purely cost driven race to the bottom is inevitable, it already would have happened. I think what’s going on right now increases the competition for roles that some people may have previously had a geographic advantage over others in obtaining, but I don’t think this means that advantage is gone, nor do I think it’s a zero sum game. There may be some downward wage pressure, but if cost was your only motivator as an employer, you were probably already hiring remote teams in low cost markets.
- heavyset_go 6y agoI hear this a lot from employers, but more often than not, they are not willing to offer competitive compensation for the level of talent they wish to attract.
- gwright 6y agoThat is just another way of saying that good talent is scarce.
- NonEUCitizen 6y agoHow much does your company pay?
- aborsy 6y agoI think you greatly underestimate global talent for some reason.
- eikenberry 6y agoI think you greatly underestimate the global demand.