The thing is that they have already done it and it paid off until it didn't. Sure, Microsoft can build an office in Mexico and train, teach, and employ some ama

The thing is that they have already done it and it paid off until it didn't. Sure, Microsoft can build an office in Mexico and train, teach, and employ some amazing workers for 25% of the cost. But then HP builds across the street for even less and hires workers from Microsoft for 50% of the cost. Then IBM, Amazon, and Dell do the same. Now Microsoft has run a training program for IBM Amazon and Dell for the first two years and, next thing you know, you are hiring inexperienced workers with different holidays, employment regulation, time zones, and primary languages to work for the same price as the college graduate in the USA. International workers will help keep wage costs in the USA down a little. But the talent pool for developing software is still limited. Mexico and many other countries do have some excellent universities, but companies that try to hire there are going to have to contribute to the tech sector of the host country by training and hosting entry level workers. In addition, there will be demand in those countries for the workers you are training. Finally, if you work in finance, defense, or payments processing you can expect your off-shore, near-shore workers to be limited in what they can do. You may end up having to hire workers specifically for those contracts.