Re:The Rise of Judgement over Technical Skill
by mlinhares on Monday June 02, 2025 @12:32PM
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The problem wasn't low paid labor, it was just incompetent labor. You can find competent developers in all these countries offering lower pay, India, Brazil, Romania, Poland, China, Pakistan, its just that they would already be hired by other higher paying companies and what is left for the ones that are looking for the lowest paid possible workers are the incompetent ones.
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Re:The Rise of Judgement over Technical Skill
by Suppafly on Monday June 02, 2025 @04:21PM
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>its just that they would already be hired by other higher paying companies and what is left for the ones that are looking for the lowest paid possible workers are the incompetent ones
Reminds of me working in IT. One company tried to outsource my job to India five different times before they were mostly successful at it. The companies that are successful aren't the ones that assume it'll cost 1/10th the price, they are the ones that know it'll cost 60+% of the price and still require some handholding.
If you're hiring on price alone, you're already selecting the pool that doesn't contain the most competent labor.
Re:The Rise of Judgement over Technical Skill
by ryukoposting on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @01:18AM
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"Never buy the cheapest version of something." I don't remember who told me that, but it was good advice. There's always a reason.