I've been sounding this alarm for years, on def ears. Nobody wants to hear it but the truth has never been more clear. There is a HUGE pool of talented, hungr

I've been sounding this alarm for years, on def ears. Nobody wants to hear it but the truth has never been more clear. There is a HUGE pool of talented, hungry developers around the world who want YOUR job for 1/4th of your pay. The second US companies open their doors to those engineers, we will see dramatic decline in SW salaries. What has held this at bay so far as definitely been the companies that don't allow remote work, and, the companies that are unwilling to hire across language or timezone boundaries. I agree with the OP here that this WFH trend will not be the rosy future many picture it as being. Expect much lower salaries across the board, and possible even less job flexibility here in the US as competition for those positions rises dramatically. BTW - This is NOT meant as a dig toward developers from outside the US. The point I am trying to make is that they are JUST as qualified, if not MORE qualified, than many here in the US. There's no reason they shouldn't have access to good jobs. It's just been a convenient reality for US engineers that the market has been something of a walled garden. That may change sooner than they'd like to admit.