Intentions matter. If they outsource the development only for cost cutting reasons you'll get what you payed for. It has nothing to do with the capabilities of

Intentions matter. If they outsource the development only for cost cutting reasons you'll get what you payed for. It has nothing to do with the capabilities of an average engineer in Latvia. Me and some other colleagues worked for a US based company from Hungary. The company payed us well according to Hungarian standards, but wee where cheap according to US standards. (The payed US junior salaries for senior people). The people in the team were very knowledgeable, efficient and we delivered a lot of great stuff. It worked well for a couple of years, but then the company got greedy. They hired people from another outsourcing company from Ukraine (I think) and this time they went for the cheapest. The people we got only had little work experience and they paid by the delivered story point. The code quality suffered as they wanted to merge everything ASAP. I left shortly after for a different reason, but as I heard from previous colleagues the company went downhill after that. So outsourcing can be a turning point, but for a different reason than you think.