A sampling of Redditors' comments from that thread that offer some thought-provoking observations…
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…The issue is that with these near shore markets, it’s not always about cutting costs. A lot of people in these threads seem to assume that American development talent is always the best, which is not necessarily the case. The only thing you can be certain of is that your American devs will be your most expensive. Some of the most competent devs I’ve hired (including devs from the US) have been from Costa Rica. Americans do not have a monopoly on doing good work…
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