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Except to the extent they're artificially depressed by some interference in market pricing (e.g. by politicians or cartels), it can only be because the people a
by echair 18y ago
Except to the extent they're artificially depressed by some interference in market pricing (e.g. by politicians or cartels), it can only be because the people are unproductive and/or it's hard to ship stuff to buyers.
- elviejo 18y agoAre Engineers in India "unproductive" or is it hard to "ship stuff to buyers"? Doesn't seem like it to me. So how in the terms of this article can one explain that engineers in India are cheaper than in developed countries?
- wmf 18y agoI was surprised by this article; I was expecting the answer to be something about lower cost of living or supply and demand. e.g. maybe India has an oversupply of engineers and lower cost of living, which could drive down wages.
- echair 18y agoThey're unproductive. For example, engineers in India (as opposed to Indian engineers) have made approximately zero of the top web startups.
- plinkplonk 18y agoZoho? Not sure if it is a "top web app" ...
- echair 18y ago"Zoho is an Office Productivity Suite from AdventNet Inc. Founded in 1996, AdventNet is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA with offices in North America, Europe and Asia." http://www.linkedin.com/companies/zoho http://www.linkedin.com/companies/zoho