> companies that are unwilling to hire across language or timezone boundaries Companies might still be reluctant to hire across language or time zone boundarie

> companies that are unwilling to hire across language or timezone boundaries Companies might still be reluctant to hire across language or time zone boundaries. It might be explicit, but more likely it'll be less conscious resistance among interviewers and attrition among the "odd ones out" themselves. The result's practically the same. And if the bulk of the team is in US/Pacific, then same time zone doesn't include many other countries. I think the job market is going to soften, but not totally collapse. Some jobs will shift to other countries for much less money (as has been going on for decades BTW). Some will shift outside SV but still within the US for slightly less money.