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Your not wrong but I think its two fold. Off shoring and near shoring. 2000-2008 I think was more of outsourcing. Companies dipped their toes in the water and
by infecto 3y ago
Your not wrong but I think its two fold. Off shoring and near shoring.
2000-2008 I think was more of outsourcing. Companies dipped their toes in the water and tried to get low cost labor through third party companies. I think generally this does not work.
Now we have companies that off shore with full company offices in those regions like India. This can work.
On top of that you near shoring companies in Mexico and further south that can provide you lower wage engineers but that work in your timezone.
- Rinzler89 3y ago>near shoring companies in Mexico and further south that can provide you lower wage engineers but that work in your timezone Time zone is not a big road block. Some devs in EE will accept to work in the evening to overlap with the US time, because they get paid 2x-3x the local take-home market rate, so it makes it worth their while. Obviously it's easier timing wise for those on the Latin American continent, but mucho dinero is a good motivator for everyone, especially if they also happen to be night owls.
- infecto 3y agoSure some devs do it. But there are large companies across Mexico and South America that have a huge number of willing and able devs within the same time zone. This means you can easily supplement your existing dev teams with individuals in the same time zone. Time zone matters when you are wanting devs to be part of your existing teams.
- pylua 3y agoWhat are the tech salaries in Mexico like? Also, this is starting to happen for other non software and related engineering fields as well. Eventually I wonder if the U.S. government will have to step in.things that do not require us licensing are being near shored.
- infecto 3y agoI don't know actual currency value but relative to their area, good. Just my experience working with these companies along with having friends there.