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> The second future is all our tech jobs get offshored, similar to what happened after the dotcom bubble burst. I think a few factors might moderate this outco
by CoastalCoder 5y ago
> The second future is all our tech jobs get offshored, similar to what happened after the dotcom bubble burst.
I think a few factors might moderate this outcome:
1) Timezone-spreads matter. The 4-hour span of West Coast to East Coast time zones isn't ideal, but manageable. Beyond that, realtime collaboration becomes a serious challenge.
2) Maybe (I hope) remote-work enablers like dedicated workspaces and interactive whiteboards will get more widely adopted.
These could make a "middle ground" between those to extremes more competitive.
- weatherlite 5y agoI think countries in general wouldn't want to outsource huge chunks of their IT/tech positions, that's not really good. 20-30% is manageable, but more than that is strategically very dangerous for the economic competitiveness of the country. I expect governments to start putting caps on this (by taxation or whatever) at some point to restrict it.