> In their eyes, they just got an engineer on the cheap, which benefits them immensely. There's something to be said for the idea of "I want someone to do an i

> In their eyes, they just got an engineer on the cheap, which benefits them immensely. There's something to be said for the idea of "I want someone to do an important job well, so I need to pay them enough." You wouldn't expect an American senior software engineer to make $30k a year, and Google or Meta or whoever the fuck wouldn't even _consider_ hiring something for a role that important for that little. Getting engineers for _slightly_ cheaper is great! Getting engineers for actually cheap is dangerous.