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Re:Talent May Be Shifting Away from Superstar Cities: Study by momokoko on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @06:05PM (#21579324)
If those companies didn't need people on-site, the jobs would, and typically do, go overseas to lower-wage countries. There are tons of companies using remote work. It's called outsourcing.
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Re:Talent May Be Shifting Away from Superstar Cities: Study by munk-a on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @06:18PM (#21579425)
There are plenty of remote employment opportunities that are stable career paths. So I don't think it's fair to say that as soon as remote work is a possibility the job will be sent overseas.

I think the early 2000s burned a lot of companies for trying to cheap out on dev costs by offshoring - offshoring is a valid choice in some situations and will probably become more and more competitive as time goes on... but there still is quite a lot of value in hiring out of the four year uni grad pool.

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Re:Talent May Be Shifting Away from Superstar Cities: Study by thebean11 on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @06:46PM (#21579660)
You think the only barrier to outsourcing white collar work is the physical location of workers?
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