> offsetting the efficiency loss this is the crux of the issue. it doesn't work this way, ever, and in domains such as software development, has a linger effect via technical debt. will you "save" money initially? yes, because you are paying your engineers less. but it will take years to properly evaluate output, and depending on how thoroughly the hierarchy has been corrupted, you might not even realize what's happening until then. then, guess what? you have to pay somebody like me to fix your shit. and all the while, i'm going to tell you the same thing, ad nauseum: total loss, rewrite, etc. it's funny this is even a discussion, because companies are starting to wise up to outsourcing (at least to india--places like poland are actually pretty good), so why would h1b be any different? it doesn't matter if the slop is written onsite or not, it's still the same slop.
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