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Hear, hear. You know where I’d like to offshore my job? Literally anywhere other than Missouri, where I live. WFH means I can participate in companies that do i
by sillysaurusx 3y ago
Hear, hear. You know where I’d like to offshore my job? Literally anywhere other than Missouri, where I live. WFH means I can participate in companies that do important work without having to move my family away from their family.
If that means I get replaced by a talented hacker from India someday, the tradeoff is still far north of worth it.
- alberth 3y agoAnd someone living in Columbia or Peru, which is approx same timezone as Missouri, who make literally 1/10th the wage of someone in Missouri … now has the ability to get your job. Be careful for what you wish for, is all I’m saying. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_countries_by_monthly_average_wage https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_countries_b...
- sillysaurusx 3y agoThat’s competition, baby! I welcome it. We engineers tend to take for granted just how specialized our knowledge has been, till recently. It seems unrealistic to expect this privilege to last forever. The rest of the world is catching up, and tools like ChatGPT might rapidly accelerate this race. The way to survive is to adapt. It’s always been key.
- pylua 3y agoI think this is unlikely as the us tax base would literally implode. That, and a brain drain from America to other countries may occur. I would expect the government to step in.