Comment Re:One more time (Score 1) 963
They'll be asking the question how come they can do similar work as you and me and are willing to be paid 1/5 to 1/10th of what people in the US earn, but they shouldn't get the jobs?
Umm... maybe because the cost of living in those countries is 10-20% lower than in the US? I would gladly code for $8-10/hour if it would allow me to pay off my student loans each month and move out of my mom's house, but it's just not an option where I live (Oregon). When you add up all the expenses (rent, utilities, food, student loans, car insurance, gas) there's not much (if you're not already in the red at that point) left over for emergencies, entertainment, or even savings. For those that suggest I use public transportation, I do, and would more if it didn't take over an hour to go 20 miles. Whoever thinks outsourcing is good for the US either has never been *forced* to work a job with no real possibility of upward mobility (no I don't want to be manager of a pizza hut, I want a job that stimulates me to actually LEARN something) or is sitting pretty somewhere in the 'upper tiers' of society.
Sorry for the tangents and run on sentences.
Umm... maybe because the cost of living in those countries is 10-20% lower than in the US? I would gladly code for $8-10/hour if it would allow me to pay off my student loans each month and move out of my mom's house, but it's just not an option where I live (Oregon). When you add up all the expenses (rent, utilities, food, student loans, car insurance, gas) there's not much (if you're not already in the red at that point) left over for emergencies, entertainment, or even savings. For those that suggest I use public transportation, I do, and would more if it didn't take over an hour to go 20 miles. Whoever thinks outsourcing is good for the US either has never been *forced* to work a job with no real possibility of upward mobility (no I don't want to be manager of a pizza hut, I want a job that stimulates me to actually LEARN something) or is sitting pretty somewhere in the 'upper tiers' of society.
Sorry for the tangents and run on sentences.
