1) That's not true. There's a narrative outside the field that it can be outsourced, even VCs have "sagely" told me that, but it's a lay person misunderstanding

1) That's not true. There's a narrative outside the field that it can be outsourced, even VCs have "sagely" told me that, but it's a lay person misunderstanding. (Ironically, very little semi hardware is done in US startups, so that leaves only software.) 2) US companies keep ratcheting up interview demands, which artificially constrains eligible candidates. Examples are using coderpad where your code has to compile and pass a test/performance suite now, and doing random memory quizzes in addition to programming. But that's the fault of the hiring company.