Re:How to Pay Remote Workers
by ehnto on Friday September 13, 2019 @05:13AM
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It still doesn't make sense, because the remote worker pool is global. If that were supposed to make sense then we would all be getting paid third world rates and cost of living would still have nothing to do with it.
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Re:How to Pay Remote Workers
by goatinaboat on Friday September 13, 2019 @07:23AM
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then we would all be getting paid third world rates
That’s the end goal of large corporations, yes. Why are we so eager to help them? Developers already undermine their own value by crowing to everyone who will listen “anyone can be a developer and do what we do”.
What do you think your boss thinks when he or she hears you say all these things?
(Not you in particular, devs in general)
Not just large corporations, also small ones. I think it's a good thing - paying high wages in countries that need it most.
> their own value by crowing to everyone who will listen “anyone can be a developer and do what we do
I sincerely doubt developers believe that, or at least not experienced developers. Software is cutthroat: anything that can be automated is already automated. People who can't work beyond that are useless.
Re:How to Pay Remote Workers
by spurdoman77 on Friday September 13, 2019 @05:59AM
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Well being onsite adds value to buyers. If you dont think so, the only way to proce that is by starting your own company with remote-only. Remote devs are cheap so you should be rich very quickly, if they provide the same value as locals.
There are some very big remote-only companies. Canonical and Trello are and they're unicorns. There's also Automaticc, Digital Ocean, Basecamp, etc..