I agree, I think it will very much be a "be careful what you wish for" type of situation in the end. Time zones I think will be the biggest advantage to hire w

I agree, I think it will very much be a "be careful what you wish for" type of situation in the end. Time zones I think will be the biggest advantage to hire within the western hemisphere, nobody likes the PST <-> IST timezone meeting gap, there aren't many to hire in latin america and they speak English well and communicate well. If latin america had a large base of engineers to hire in the first place, I think many places would choose there just on a timezone and english communication skills basis. But you see big compensation gaps even between NYC / SFO / SEA and the rest of the USA, so you could very well see a drop from that.