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Doesn't need to be the same quality if it's 1/5th the price.

Businesses care about profits - not quality.




That will only last so long until consumers reject the terrible quality and move on to another, higher quality competitor - so the wheel will continue to turn and high quality developers will still be hired to produce high quality work.


An Indian employee's salary being 1/5th of an American's, doesn't mean their cost to the company is only 1/5th. There is a general organizational/overhead cost to taking on more people. This cost, for one additional person, may be higher than even the American's salary


In order to get a baby in 1 month just hire 9 women!




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