> Disagree. Quality engineers will ask for their worth regardless of location. What data do you have to back this up? Top 1% engineers who have all the option

> Disagree. Quality engineers will ask for their worth regardless of location. What data do you have to back this up? Top 1% engineers who have all the options? sure. 80% engineers? You will be paying double local market rates already and you will find you can trivially out-talent for the same budget. Will this change over time? Sure. But reality on the ground is you can hire someone of equivalent talent for half the cost in Europe/LATAM/etc. vs. the US a the moment. In quantity.