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'Hiring cheap body shop devs. from poor country X' - is not what's happening here. This is not 'offshore body shop' movement. It's the 'hire from anywhere mov
by jollybean 4y ago
'Hiring cheap body shop devs. from poor country X' - is not what's happening here.
This is not 'offshore body shop' movement.
It's the 'hire from anywhere movement' because 'remote working' ... and anyone doubting this is in for hard awakening.
The underlying assumption that US devs are somehow 'better' is absurdly wrong.
US businesses are often better, for a variety or reasons, pushing up the salaries of those who can ultimately work 'in the office' (by passport or whatever) - but that's changing due to 'remote work'.
It's a big, real, secular, probably transformation change.
It's probably for the better actually - the only problem I have with it is the the accumulation of capital by shareholders who have more power.
- commandlinefan 4y ago> The underlying assumption that US devs are somehow 'better' Who ever said that? 99% of US devs are Indian devs anyway - in 30 years of developing software I've probably only ever worked with a few dozen US natives. Devs in the same time zone, with at least a passing knowledge of US culture, on the other hand...