[dpau]

recent somewhat related article discussion:

Remote work means anyone can take your job https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23337857

[chrischen]

For small businesses and small startups it's still non-trivial to hire out of state, in terms of legal and tax overhead.

[not_a_moth]

Ignorant here and sure this varies per state, but what are some of main the legal or tax challenges?

[valuearb]

They can if your skills aren't unique.

[threatofrain]

Very few people are unique, so what's the point in mentioning that in a tiny sentence if you're not going further with it? Perhaps the insight comes... one reply later?

[quantummkv]

Very few people in any industry have a truly unique set of skills. And in jobs that can be easily remoted away like software, that quantity is even less.

[taneq]

There's not too many of us with truly unique skills. And even those can usually be covered by different combinations of employees.

[hinkley]

Most employers aren’t quite sure what they’re paying for so it hardly matters if your skills are unique anyway.

[bdcravens]

Even those without "unique" skills can typically be taught and the company still comes out ahead.