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Re:Lyft laying off 13% of staff by fny on Thursday November 03, 2022 @05:05PM (#33457536)
Yes. They hire devs from the Midwest instead of major metro areas.

The term was coined during the Obama era[0] and I've seen it shopped around by a few US dev shops recently. It's also called "near shoring" or "rural outsourcing."

[0]: https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2012/01/11/everyth...

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Re:Lyft laying off 13% of staff by henryfjordan on Thursday November 03, 2022 @05:29PM (#33457961)
I've heard "near-shoring" before but always in the context of hiring workers from Mexico or other countries further south that share time-zones with the US.
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Re:Lyft laying off 13% of staff by PragmaticPulp on Thursday November 03, 2022 @07:00PM (#33459152)
> Yes. They hire devs from the Midwest instead of major metro areas.

Which is great, IMO. It's time we opened the doors to more talented developers across the country rather than requiring everyone to move to a few big cities to get the best jobs.

Yes, compensation will come down relative to those big cities, but it will still be coming up for those devs outside of major metro areas (otherwise they wouldn't be taking the jobs, obviously)

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