[taneq]

There's not too many of us with truly unique skills. And even those can usually be covered by different combinations of employees.

[valuearb]

Unique in this context doesn’t mean absolute uniqueness, it means your skills aren’t widely available.

The world needs experienced Go developers for an example. Being able to hire one remotely may increase the available pool of Go developers you can hire, but it doesn’t make them cheaper. That’s because hiring remotely also increases the number of employers chasing the same few Go devs.