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IMO these people are shooting themselves in the foot long term. If companies learn to WFH full time these people will eventually be replaced with cheaper labour
by idkwhoiam 5y ago
IMO these people are shooting themselves in the foot long term. If companies learn to WFH full time these people will eventually be replaced with cheaper labour from oversees.
- decremental 5y agoTotally true. They're already being replaced domestically by cheaper labor coming here from overseas. Imagine if there wasn't all that paperwork involved and their hiring pool gets larger at the same time.
- ra423 5y agoAren't there some restrictions regarding what can be outsourced to foreign countries?
- yellow_lead 5y agoI wouldn't be so sure. Many overseas contractors I've worked with lack communication skills that Americans have. Whether it's due to cultural differences, native language, or something else. And these gaps can waste a lot of time.
- mech422 5y agoyeah - been thru that once..twice..wait 3 times... lets see: india, china, russia... And yet, all the developers I know actually managed to stay employed/get jobs/etc. The world is full of doom-sayers...and someday they'll be right. I just don't think thats day is today :-)
- pdimitar 5y agoI've seen that happen several times already and I'd say you are usually wrong. I mean yes, you absolutely can hire much cheaper devs, sure, but I've witnessed the fallout from them not being good at their jobs which then mandated bringing me and several other senior devs onboard so we can fix the mess and get the project back on track. So can companies utilize the global market and hire cheaper devs? Yes. Is that usually risky? Also yes. (Exceptions exist of course, e.g. Eastern European devs are usually high quality and are happy with 2X, if not even 3X-4X, less payment than the American ones.)
- xtat 5y agoThis is called progress. There will always be a market for high-end expertise.