alt Hacker NewsHailing from an outsourcing destination I think I need to state the obvious: there exist IT jobs outside the US.
Americans have a... distinct work culture and companies - local and foreign - are not stupid, so nowadays they aim for the 50-75 percentile in terms of compensation.
On top of that you absolutely need to be fluent in English, which disqualifies half the candidates right off the bat.
All this combined makes it not obvious whether one would want to/could work for an American company - particularly if it's through various middlemen.
US used to be 100% worth it, but over the course of the last 25 years the ratio of GDPs per capita between USA and my country fell from 5.5 to around 3.75 and compensation naturally followed.
Lastly, the dollar fell 15% since the start of 2025 against my country's currency and that has had an effect on available openings.
Another way to look at it: If your country was much richer than the US the model would be flipped. Do you think Americans would post a similar generalisation here? Yep. Not much being said.