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0 pointsJKCalhoun8mo ago0 comments

Yeah, I suspect more jobs are going overseas now.

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Certainly some will, but if we have learned anything from the 1990-Now, it is that remote R&D doesn't always save money or even work effectively at all.

WarOnPrivacy8mo ago

The pressure to juice short-term dividends is as ceaseless as gravity or oxidation. It has to be overcome before lessons-learned can transform into wisdom-based outcomes.

rs1868mo ago

The world in 1990 is no longer the world now.

As someone who works with colleagues from India (like, physically in India), I don't see any reason the company keeps me over some other random guy in India, to be honest.

SoftTalker8mo ago

A big change from then to now for remote collaboration is better connectivity in general, and technology such as Zoom and Teams. But how do you handle the time zone difference? That has always been the issue I've seen with any kind of real-time collaboration with contracrors or employees in India. If it's work that doesn't involve that, then what is the big difference now? Github? Slack?

rs1868mo ago

If companies like airbnb allow you to work from anywhere in the world, it means timezone is not a problem. It definitely needs some investment though.

> what is the big difference now?

What is the difference between pre-2020 full-time in-office, vs 3 day or even fully remote? Nothing, in my opinion (CEOs don't agree though). If people are productive with 3 days in office, that could have been the norm before 2020.

All you need is someone actually making it happen.

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XenophileJKO8mo ago

Certainly some will, but if we have learned anything from the 1990-Now, it is that remote R&D doesn't always save money or even work effectively at all.

WarOnPrivacy8mo ago

The pressure to juice short-term dividends is as ceaseless as gravity or oxidation. It has to be overcome before lessons-learned can transform into wisdom-based outcomes.

rs1868mo ago

The world in 1990 is no longer the world now.

As someone who works with colleagues from India (like, physically in India), I don't see any reason the company keeps me over some other random guy in India, to be honest.

SoftTalker8mo ago

rs1868mo ago

If companies like airbnb allow you to work from anywhere in the world, it means timezone is not a problem. It definitely needs some investment though.

> what is the big difference now?

All you need is someone actually making it happen.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse