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Salaries are based on supply and demand. Think this one through with that in mind and it'll make more sense.

• ehnto 7y ago
  It still doesn't make sense, because the remote worker pool is global. If that were supposed to make sense then we would all be getting paid third world rates and cost of living would still have nothing to do with it.
  • spurdoman77 7y ago
    Well being onsite adds value to buyers. If you dont think so, the only way to proce that is by starting your own company with remote-only. Remote devs are cheap so you should be rich very quickly, if they provide the same value as locals.
    • onion2k 7y ago
      There are some very big remote-only companies. Canonical and Trello are and they're unicorns. There's also Automaticc, Digital Ocean, Basecamp, etc..
    • t34543 7y ago
      Remote work is a skill like anything else. Your litmus test is a gross over simplification of workplace dynamics.
  • goatinaboat 7y ago
    then we would all be getting paid third world rates That’s the end goal of large corporations, yes. Why are we so eager to help them? Developers already undermine their own value by crowing to everyone who will listen “anyone can be a developer and do what we do”. What do you think your boss thinks when he or she hears you say all these things? (Not you in particular, devs in general)
    • buboard 7y ago
      Not just large corporations, also small ones. I think it's a good thing - paying high wages in countries that need it most. > their own value by crowing to everyone who will listen “anyone can be a developer and do what we do I sincerely doubt developers believe that, or at least not experienced developers. Software is cutthroat: anything that can be automated is already automated. People who can't work beyond that are useless.
• buboard 7y ago
  Then it makes even less sense, for a remote company.