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Re:Remote-first work is taking over the rich world – researc... by jliptzin on Friday October 29, 2021 @12:46AM (#29035259)
I have worked with remote developers from Poland, Romania, and Portugal, each making approx $20-50/hr, producing code of far higher quality than stuff I’ve seen from $500k/year software engineers here.

Also, their English was almost indecipherable from a native speaker.

Re:Remote-first work is taking over the rich world – researc... by Ekaros on Friday October 29, 2021 @01:43AM (#29035560)
I get the feeling as well. Mid and high tier Eastern Europeans or even Portugal are entirely different from cheapest Indians. And they likely aren't even going to try to sell those. Or if they sell it is same as USA based company. With still cheaper prices.
Re:Remote-first work is taking over the rich world – researc... by siva7 on Friday October 29, 2021 @01:29AM (#29035468)
To be fair, 50$/hr is considered in those countries the absolute top-tier pay of almost any profession. You don’t wanna know how much a physician earns in poland or romania…
Re:Remote-first work is taking over the rich world – researc... by sokoloff on Friday October 29, 2021 @04:49AM (#29036586)
I normally wouldn’t nitpick wording, but did you mean “indistinguishable” in your last sentence, which means nearly the opposite in context?
Re:Remote-first work is taking over the rich world – researc... by jliptzin on Friday October 29, 2021 @07:53PM (#29044790)
Yes I did thank you! I guess my own English isn't so great as a native speaker!