U.S. companies are hiring Latin America’s tech talent • Hacker News Board

Re: U.S. companies are hiring Latin America’s tech talent

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Post by learc83 » Thu, Feb 03, 2022, 2:20 PM UTC

jandrewrogers wrote: post #350

learc83 wrote: post #343

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What are these software engineering skillsets that are paying over $1,000,000? There are people who are technically ICs making that, but at that salary its mostly down to politics not technical skill, and they are ICs in name only. >That's not a "wage shortage" unless you expect me to believe that software engineers are choosing to grind away on ERP software for $150k instead. There are a ton of software engineers wh…

A skillset I am familiar with that can pay extremely well is the design of complex systems software from first principles. Most software companies don't have this skillset on their payroll, and honestly most companies don't need it. Companies that do need it really need it though, and they can often directly attribute many millions of dollars to the work, so the exceptional compensation seems reasonable, demand great…

That speciality actually sounds extremely interesting. Is this the kind of thing that companies bring in a consultant for, or are these full time positions?

I’d be very interested to hear more. Do you have a blog, or can you point me to any relevantly communities?

Re: U.S. companies are hiring Latin America’s tech talent

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Post by Accujack » Sat, Feb 05, 2022, 6:36 PM UTC

iamstupidsimple wrote: post #91

Accujack wrote: post #78

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>It's just not sustainable anymore for most tech companies. Translation: Most tech companies are addicted to cheap labor, either through exploiting new graduates or handing out potentially worthless stock options. They won't choose to reduce their profits regardless of what happens. Very few startups "need" to hire less experienced people, mostly the ones that do just haven't got a viable business model. The ones tha…

I mean, if you were CEO, would you choose to reduce profit when you have investors on your back or want to grow staff quickly? Outside of VC driven cash cows or big tech, there's not that much money to go around at the bottom.

I think you really mean that in your experience there's not that much cash that makes it to the bottom... more cash COULD filter down if the corporation was run that way. Most corporations aren't.

Re: U.S. companies are hiring Latin America’s tech talent

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Post by Accujack » Sat, Feb 05, 2022, 6:37 PM UTC

chrisseaton wrote: post #86

Accujack wrote: post #79

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That's just long term product planning. The rest of the people here are talking about long term employee development - making your employees more valuable so they produce better products rather than treating them as costs that must be reduced.

> rather than treating them as costs that must be reduced But employers are paying more and more than ever before?

Not most of the employers I deal with. Wages are exactly where they've been for decades.