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Re:“10x engineers”: Stereotypes and research by gurkendoktor on Monday July 15, 2019 @08:20AM (#20440072)
If you lived in a $9/h region and had excellent development skills, why wouldn't you move to a $90/h region?
Re:“10x engineers”: Stereotypes and research by shardinator on Monday July 15, 2019 @08:49AM (#20440273)
Because the $90/hr regions won’t let you.
Re:“10x engineers”: Stereotypes and research by gurkendoktor on Monday July 15, 2019 @09:51AM (#20440791)
Fair enough. Not everyone will leave their family behind, not everyone will get a visa. But the "rich shores" have a massive statistical advantage in terms of talent because they attract skilled people from abroad, with little migration in the other direction:

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/37-percent-of-silicon-val...