[avocabros]

I'd guess that most software work doesn't require super-specialized roles. You can get good quality engineers for generalist tasks (web app dev, API dev, etc.) all over the world.

I agree, the end game for remote work for non-specialists isn't an obvious positive for those in HCOL countries

[code_runner]

People think this, but after a stint in boutique consulting it just is not true.

We worked for companies that had a lot of extra cash but didn’t want to hire for these roles out of stubbornness. We were basically there to clean up messes and attempt to build/handoff AI backed solutions to off shore teams… the generalists just were not good and were drowning in work.

We even assumed that in a few cases we were typically not talking with the person on teams and instead got a random employee of their own consulting place. Face to face meetings were RARE.

I guess my point is that people working these “quarter of the price” roles are not great and the companies hiring them aren’t trying to build anything of quality.

Healthcare companies trying to get their piece of the govt money without providing any real value

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> You can get good quality engineers for generalist tasks (web app dev, API dev, etc.) all over the world.

The issue here is that, while code is easy to write for these tasks, the hard part is understanding the requirements and engaging with stakeholders.

There's a good level of business/domain expertise required. Of course, someone else could do that and just the coding part could be offshored. But at that point how is that different than the US analyst/offshored programmer business model of the 90's?