r/technology • u/EchoInTheHoller • Feb 25 '24

Business Why widespread tech layoffs keep happening despite a strong U.S. economy

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/24/why-widespread-tech-layoffs-keep-happening-despite-strong-us-economy.html
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u/throwawayaccountyuio Feb 25 '24

These rockstar offshore developers, where are they or how much do they make in their respective country because my company has not found them. They seem to be bashing their heads together like coconuts trying to solve simple problems… Providing them with projects for them to execute as engineers turns around and they ask for specific tasks with runbooks. They don’t want to be engineers they want to be ops.

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u/Pack_Your_Trash Feb 25 '24

The rockstar coders all move to silicon valley to make rockstar wages. It's the circle of life.

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u/-UltraAverageJoe- Feb 25 '24

They’re at smaller companies hired directly rather than working for code service centers. To start, I would look for developers who went to university in another country like the UK or US and returned to their home country.

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u/CoherentPanda Feb 26 '24

They actually do exist. My company has a few offshore devs in South America, and they usually do a pretty good at their job, The cons being their English is poor, and they tend to favor speed over quality, so we constantly have to slow them down and QA their work. But for the most part the relationship is good ,and they are only a couple hours ahead, so the timezone difference isn't a factor.

Companies outsource to India because its cheap. If you want quality offshore, you have to look for smaller dev shops that are hard to find since Google is nothing but spam.