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Remote work will take care of this. Developers will work for companies in USA that can pay more. Companies want developers and will pay market rates. We will c
by jrvarela56 6y ago
Remote work will take care of this. Developers will work for companies in USA that can pay more.
Companies want developers and will pay market rates. We will converge towards a global rate for devs.
- SiempreViernes 6y agoМаybe, but currently the world is going towards decoupling, not internationalisation.
- jrvarela56 6y agoI don't think this applies to remote positions. Local labor market restrictions + taxes create ample room for a win-win between remote employee and employer. So there's a strong incentive to hire from abroad.
- TheAnswerMan 6y ago> Remote work will take care of this. If by "take care of" you mean put downward pressure on European wages, then sure. Unrestricted remote competition would benefit 3rd world developers and the 1st world employers. But not the 1st world employee.
- jrvarela56 6y agoMy assumption was that European devs are underpaid wrt USA and that their wages will go up as shortage of devs in USA forces them to pay up for European devs.
- TheAnswerMan 6y agoYour assumption forgot that remote applies to the entire world, not just the Europe. Have fun competing with team from <insert South American Country> who mirrors time zones more closely with the US.