i think worldwide tech salaries may equalize pretty fast--doesn't make sense for companies to pay differently for the same work depending on where people live if everyone is remote anyway--and its going to have some pretty interesting effects

Jul 21, 2022 · 2:05 AM UTC

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Amen.
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You may be 50% correct. Language, culture and time zone barriers wiil keep at least some differentiation between markets.
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It’ll erode the Silicon Valley premiums. Which in turn, might impact real estate prices in the valley.
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There will always be a premium for customer facing roles vs back office. Customer facing can be on Zoom or in person.
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Let’s play this out bit more.. What would happen to cost of CS degree (aka education) worldwide?
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Agree with this
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@sama re pretty interesting effects: tell us more!
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This is great news - I have been concerned about a race to the bottom, but it seems the opposite is happening (at least for now)
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The barriers to that are cultural and linguistic, less so geographic. I mean why does _anyone_ really need to work physically closely?
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There were those stories a while ago about tech guys just subbing out their duties to guys in India then playing WoW all day.
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