A lot of tech jobs have outsourced to outside US. For example, Expedia opens more SDE positions in India, while the company is cutting jobs in US. Tech outsourcing is not new in history. What happened last time, and what will happen this time ?
The opening of SDE2 positions in India is insane. The US has mostly senior roles only.
This time jobs will go to India 80%. My wife applied for Arista and the recruiter figured out that she's Indian and she offered a position in Banglore with a $100k equivalent base salary. She's going thru interviews . Let's see.
Tech companies are in a phase of streamlining and focusing on what they do best. Most of these companies have been around long enough that the core software of what they do best is well established. A well established system that has been built with good engineering principles and patterns can operate effectively for a long time with reduced staff and reduced skill. I don’t know if offshoring will be successful long term, but tech companies will be able to try it for years before they see any negative impact. Even if they see negative impact after years, they will be committed to the point that reversing course will take years - no company is going to eagerly boost operating expenses enough to switch their eng teams back to onshore. Real research roles, sales, marketing, and even business analyst positions are safer bets for the next decade.
Nah. Marketing and BA, finance are all in India too. Look at Boeing, they outsourced their entire finance/Accounting department to India. Business Analysts are not immune to this either
This is the beginning of the end imo because other companies can replace the incumbents if they fail to innovate.
Agree - my VP is trying to force me to hire all of my open recs in non-US countries and I’m close to getting 1 in the USA.
ChatGPT is rapidly bridging the talent gap
Up to a pint. You need to know what you are doing. However in the future it will become more and more reliable for sure
Instead of thinking just in terms of tech jobs, look at the overall economy and history of the US. Outsourcing is not just limited to tech. It has happened in the past with manufacturing. Outsourcing was done to China at such an extent that US has lost its place as manufacturing superpower. With India it’s Tech. Decades ago it started with customer support jobs, now you see leading startup’s and most of Big Tech (with parts of Research Orgs too) being outsourced to India.
So we Americans now move to India?