Re:Ask HN: How do SMBs afford such expensive software engine...
by 55555 on Sunday July 04, 2021 @10:35AM
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> However, if we looked up average household income, these countries aren't too different from the US. And I don't believe American coders are twice the better than coders in the other countries.
This isn't very relevant. The USA is a much larger market. It's a little bit richer than most european countries, but the total number of customers to sell to is 4-8X larger, and you can also sell to much of the rest of the world when your product is in English.
The engineers who work for non-FAANG are not a part of those high salaries. The average is not a useful number, as many are either well below it or a well above it.
But yes, in short, it's hard to hire US engineers due to them being so well-paid. This is why SMBs offshore their engineers from the rest of the world.
This isn't very relevant. The USA is a much larger market. It's a little bit richer than most european countries, but the total number of customers to sell to is 4-8X larger, and you can also sell to much of the rest of the world when your product is in English.
The engineers who work for non-FAANG are not a part of those high salaries. The average is not a useful number, as many are either well below it or a well above it.
But yes, in short, it's hard to hire US engineers due to them being so well-paid. This is why SMBs offshore their engineers from the rest of the world.