On another point, the standards of quality in developing countries where wages are lower are not that great. For a person in one of these countries, its normal

On another point, the standards of quality in developing countries where wages are lower are not that great. For a person in one of these countries, its normal for things to not work. The electricity goes down, the internet goes down. Maybe a government website goes down for an hour each night under heavy load. We actually have it quite good in the developed world in that we expect most things we rely on to work. An important government website going down for an hour is unacceptable. Because these things are considered more expected and normal and this type of mindset can creep into the mind of an engineer. If their code breaks or has a lot of bugs, its not much different to what they are used to with the services they rely on every day. Lets say your orders stop processing for an hour because the engineer didn't follow standards and write tests? You might loose more than you gained in wage savings