Let’s say Vietnam found the money to do it anyway. Now you’ve got a bunch of people making minor warlord money compared to the locals. They can now afford to do just about anything their little hearts desire.
Silicon Valley may be many things, but a paragon of ethics is not one of them. When you can bribe people half a year’s salary that changes the dynamic quite a bit, and for the worse.
And you didn’t bring these people over to run everything, you brought them over to mentor the people you want to run everything. What great role models you’ve provided for them. What could possibly go wrong?
Isn't this already happening when an SV company pays an eastern European developer 1/2 a typical SV salary which is 10x the employee's average local salary?
At least on the East coast it's about the same as EE vs West Coast. If you're a night owl on one end or an early bird on the other you can make it work.
Also locals at least are socialized to think about their community to some extent. You don’t get that when you bring in outsiders who can annd probably will other most of the population from day 1.
I remember a discussion quite a while back about how SE Asia lacks a vibrant startup culture and people were going back and forth about how companies should just bring in Silicon Valley tech workers to get the industry going. Upon mention that Cambodian and Vietnamese simply can’t pay the wages SV techies would want, commenters seemed confused as to why—these struggling countries should just do it and quit making excuses. It’s simply obvious that a country where people are getting maybe $2000 a year should have companies with enough free cash to bring in thousands of Americans who want at least 300k but would settle for 250k if they can get a luxury condo thrown in. Bizarre to witness these statements sometimes—frustrating when it’s crowds.
It’s good when people do, at the very least, a passing glance at the data and consider troubles that could occur.
That said, mom and pops run by just mom and pops do exist. If you’ve got savings and just want to socialize and mitigate some of the costs with a little side income, running a tiny cafe next to your home on weekends is something that isn’t unreasonable if you’re very comfortably settled.