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Software development is the most globally distributed high paying job and is arguably one of the easiest to outsource. Yet FAANG keeps paying huge salaries when
by seibelj 5y ago
Software development is the most globally distributed high paying job and is arguably one of the easiest to outsource. Yet FAANG keeps paying huge salaries when they could get 10x the number of people in foreign countries for the same price.
- comp_throw7 5y agoNot really, if you look at levels.fyi you'll see that even in formerly "cheap" locales (India, Ukraine, etc) FAANG & comparable companies are paying 6 figures for experienced devs. There is obviously still a discount, but it's more like 3-5x rather than 10x, and rapidly shrinking (even as compensation in the US continues to skyrocket).