[ajphdiv]

True. Why hire an American dev for remote work?

[chaosphere2112]

Timezones. It’s hard enough scheduling meetings across multiple timezones (and boy are there a lot of meetings in FAANG), but going more than +/- 6 is a huge pain (I meet with east asia and europe on a fairly regular basis).

[square_usual]

ggp is specifically talking about Latin/South American companies, which have approximately the same time zones as the US.

[harpratap]

What makes you think people won't start working with US timings if they get enough money for it?