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EU is terrible for software developers because there is too much competition from immigrants who are willing to accept lower pay and are more compliant employee
by cryptica 5y ago
EU is terrible for software developers because there is too much competition from immigrants who are willing to accept lower pay and are more compliant employees; sometimes willing to carry out unethical activities on behalf of their bosses.
It forces locals to also accept lower pay and also engage in unethical activities if they want to stay employed.
Also, the funding environment is a mess. The government only seems to fund useless projects which are doomed to fail.
- 2ion 5y agoIt's even worse. The company I'm working at is discovering "near shoring" in countries adjacent to the EU, like Serbia. Much cheaper than local labour and no less qualified. For me to say, the contractors we're working with from there are just as good or better than the average developer Joe from here. As long as you can communicate in English, you can nearshore a lot of stuff. And esp. in Germany lack of English communication ability on the German side is one of the last barriers keeping nearshoring out of a lot of firms.
- acjacobson 5y agoEven so the trend now is to have a few intermediaries who are native German speakers manage the near-shore team. You don't need the full engineering team to speak German - just a few key coordinating managers - and it's nearly as efficient and productive.