Comment Comment by echopom I'm a tech worker based in France.This topic gets brought up on HN every year I think.The answer is always the same :- Yes , US Engineers Salary are way exaggerated compared to the rest of the world- No US Company will never "outsource" to europe to save 50% per full time workerThis has been predicted already a millions times and has never happened. The cultural difference is so important it doesn't work.Long time ago there was a trend to outsource to india. It didn't end well from what I remember. parent echopom 5 years ago
This topic gets brought up on HN every year I think.
The answer is always the same :
- Yes , US Engineers Salary are way exaggerated compared to the rest of the world
- No US Company will never "outsource" to europe to save 50% per full time worker
This has been predicted already a millions times and has never happened. The cultural difference is so important it doesn't work.
Long time ago there was a trend to outsource to india. It didn't end well from what I remember.