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Quoting Business Week Online: "Six months ago, I could find high-level programmers in India willing work for $15 an hour, vs. the $100-plus an hour I was paying Americans for the same work. In only six months, that rate has climbed to $25 an hour in India, while my domestic rates have dropped to around $35-$50. On the last project I bid out, two proposals from India came in higher than domestic contractors. Admittedly, I'm in a very small sector of the larger market, and it's too soon to tell even here whether the trend will last, but I've heard similar reports from other businesses (see BW Online, 12/2/03, 'U.S. Programmers at Overseas Salaries')."
Everything eventually finds its level. And given the outsized gains of us in the US over the last century or so, compared to much of the rest of the world, and considering such disparity as the source of much of what troubles us these days, I'm not so sure this is a bad thing. It's a big pie, and it can be a growing one. Our overall piece will continue to grow, but maybe just not proportionately to those who have been getting by on slivers.
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