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		rmc on Feb 11, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Offshoring: does it ever work? cost of living in some parts of US is already lower than somewhere in Europe. Europe isn't really comparable to India when it comes offshoring. And Europe has large differences, from the UK (expensive) to Romania (cheap).

Daishiman on Feb 11, 2011 [–]

The best developers in most places in the world charge rates in the ballpark to a dev in Silicon Valley (at best, 40% of that). The demand is gigantic and there's too much to do already.

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