[ramtatatam]

Long ago I was part of startup based in developed country which was hiring people from one of developing countries. Salary offered was lower than if it was somebody from startup's area, but it was very competitive on the market where developers was recruited from. Developers was very happy to be offered salary higher than their peers, in the same time startup was happy to get qualified engineers for less money than it would have to pay if sourced locally. This would not work today because salary expectations are now similar in both countries - this same startup is now bringing those jobs back to the local market.

I was observing similar situation 15 years ago in one of big corps who outsourced everything to India. For a price of one engineer from developed world they was getting many engineers in India, and those engineers could afford services like personal chauffeur. I could not believe when I heard it first time from friends I have there. Again - situation now is much less in favor of big corp, which is now trying to bring some of those jobs back to the local market.