Remote work means anyone can take your job

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Post by deegles » Thu, May 28, 2020, 2:41 PM UTC

Remote work means anyone can take your job
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#2

Post by popotamonga » Thu, May 28, 2020, 2:54 PM UTC

It also means i can take someone else's job. It balances out.

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Post by darepublic » Thu, May 28, 2020, 2:55 PM UTC

popotamonga wrote: post #2

It also means i can take someone else's job. It balances out.

I think living in the West where dev salaries are best a lot of the readers of this blog article would be concerned about a big change to the status quo. But article is pretty speculative

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Post by klmadfejno » Thu, May 28, 2020, 2:55 PM UTC

popotamonga wrote: post #2

It also means i can take someone else's job. It balances out.

You require more wages than someone in a cheaper country (assuming some western area). It balances out, but you're at risk.

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Post by cameronbrown » Thu, May 28, 2020, 2:55 PM UTC

popotamonga wrote: post #2

It also means i can take someone else's job. It balances out.

Unless their wage is much lower due to cheaper location.

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, May 28, 2020, 2:56 PM UTC

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Post by davedx » Thu, May 28, 2020, 2:57 PM UTC

Seems like this article ignores the gigantic wave of out-sourcing throughout IT that already happened in previous decades and in many cases returned to near-shore / onsite work.

What you actually see if you look at remote work job boards is many (if not most) companies in say, the USA, want remote people from the USA (or at least the same timezone as the USA). I think this is what will happen in other countries too.

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Post by sgift » Thu, May 28, 2020, 2:58 PM UTC

klmadfejno wrote: post #4

popotamonga wrote: post #2

It also means i can take someone else's job. It balances out.

You require more wages than someone in a cheaper country (assuming some western area). It balances out, but you're at risk.

The same was said about offshoring and so far it worked out.

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Post by kristianc » Thu, May 28, 2020, 2:59 PM UTC

darepublic wrote: post #3

popotamonga wrote: post #2

It also means i can take someone else's job. It balances out.

I think living in the West where dev salaries are best a lot of the readers of this blog article would be concerned about a big change to the status quo. But article is pretty speculative

You’re conflating ‘the West’ with the Bay Area. Most people in European countries, or even smaller American cities, are pretty relaxed about the idea of California job opportunities becoming more widely distributed.

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Post by bamboozled » Thu, May 28, 2020, 2:59 PM UTC

What if your already remote? It doesn't change anything.