I think it would take much more time. People get comfortable quite fast. Specially from low income countries, mainly because they don't know how much their skills are worth !

It’s clearly happening and It’ll cause quite a steer at social level. Tech doesn’t make up more than 20% jobs in a typical European city but if tech folks receive significant higher wages than they do now compared to other industries we’ll see polarized views hitting the scene.

Everything that could be outsourced has been and a lot has remained. I think that what has remained is largely not due to the resources being required locally.

Sort of agree. This is the end game that big tech is going for when being positive about working from home. It’s not about work satisfaction or work-home balance. But local market differences and diversity of how companies will handle WFH means full equalization seems unlikely

Up or down?

So.. we finally can also mentally disconnect tech talent living in major cities?

If Google, Facebook, at el are all ridiculously profitable while paying their programmers 200k a year, they should have no problem with paying the same amount and getting the best programmers from around the country. Stop trying to nickel and dime people based on where they live.

I’m seeing companies offering SF market salaries for remote work anywhere in the US. Will global tech salaries get pulled in the same direction? What does this mean for local economies?

How do you allow for time difference in trying to collaborate across a business?

How come there aren't VERY specified coding bootcamps teaching devs in low-income countries VERY specific things with a VERY specific tech stack that will lead to covering positions in big tech companies with a competitive salary?