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Re:Facebook to shift permanently toward more remote work aft... by bhupy on Thursday May 21, 2020 @03:50PM (#23264085)
> You greatly increase your pay per hour of work

I don't think this is guaranteed to happen. Another possible outcome is that tech salaries will pin to the lowest common denominator, such that employers will "outsource" much of their engineering work to engineers that live in low cost-of-living markets.

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Re:Facebook to shift permanently toward more remote work aft... by Consultant32452 on Thursday May 21, 2020 @05:34PM (#23265686)
As someone whose friends are mostly blue collar workers who were scolded for being concerned that "poor people from other places will steal our jobs", I'm finding all of these posts to be delightful.
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Re:Facebook to shift permanently toward more remote work aft... by dodobirdlord on Friday May 22, 2020 @12:44AM (#23268713)
It's pretty funny. Though it's misguided for the same reason. Making high-productivity jobs available to more people is good. In 2015 it was estimated that US GDP is 9.5% lower than it could be as a result of housing shortages in just San Francisco, New York, and San Jose.

https://www.nber.org/papers/w21154

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Re:Facebook to shift permanently toward more remote work aft... by balfirevic on Thursday May 21, 2020 @04:10PM (#23264382)
Sounds pretty good for those engineers.
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Re:Facebook to shift permanently toward more remote work aft... by fapjacks on Thursday May 21, 2020 @11:47PM (#23268467)
Yeah, it's great news for engineers living in places where people don't pay more than a dollar per day for food. "Eat the rich" is one of most unintentionally-ironic phrases ever muttered.
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