[socialist_coder]

The article specifically mentions programmers as well...

Lower floor because a global workforce increases supply of programmers available to the western market.

Higher ceiling because every company is now competing for the top people, who are in limited supply and know how to get top compensation.

So yes, I do think this applies to remote work in general.

[roflc0ptic]

It mentions programmers without making any particular claims about it; they don’t actually demonstrate any losers. Outsourcing to India has been a thing for many years, and US companies appear to have every incentive to take advantage of it, but somehow they keep paying pleasantly high wages to Americans.