> 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.
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?
Not that many people from EE work remotely for SV. The time difference (9 hours) is just too much, and you can make similar money ($120k-$150k) remotely working for european companies as well.
It works better from the US east coast where it's a 6 hour difference. We have a big European office and 9am or 10am ET meetings work fine.
Re:The Coffeeshop Fallacy
by spacemadness on Saturday March 11, 2023 @12:20PM
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I have to laugh at this as I’ve seen this happen a lot, timezones be damned.
I mean if you're really crazy about money, then sure. But really, contracts within EU pay similar money, and you don't have to become a vampire. The biggest downside is that contracts aren't always extended.
Working with India from the west coast: can we just fucking not? 11.5 or 12.5 hour difference, you're wrecking someone's day every time you have a meeting.
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.
It might be, but how many 0.5x bribes are you handing out at “only” 10x normal salary?
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.
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?