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Re:Ask HN: Employers, why do you want us back in the office? by isbvhodnvemrwvn on Sunday February 05, 2023 @02:42PM (#34668336)
They won't because they don't have anywhere near the same access to capital. There is no country even close to the US in this regard, and US salaries in software engineering are the exception, not the norm.
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Re:Ask HN: Employers, why do you want us back in the office? by thisarticle on Sunday February 05, 2023 @02:56PM (#34668534)
How much capital does someone need if wages are low and you’re building an auto-scale enabled SaaS business without an office?
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Re:Ask HN: Employers, why do you want us back in the office? by joyfylbanana on Sunday February 05, 2023 @02:59PM (#34668582)
I think the macroeconomic trend is that the work is moving slowly to poorer countries. Makes perfect sense, as in US there is a lot of money, it should mean less desire to work and more to enjoy life, meanwhile in poorer countries people have high appetite for money/work.

For example in India it used to be only outsourcing, but now they are launching their own startups as well, some quite succesful. Slowly the capital will start accumulating there as well. And that is a good thing, for global inequality.

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