>Unfortunately (for you), some engineers are just better than others.
Yes, and most of these engineers are not in the US and are cheaper than engineers in the US.
The only reason engineers in the US have jobs is because employers, for one reason or another, believe that in an office environment under their constant supervision, workers work more efficiently.
When they stop believing this, engineers in the US will not work remotely, they will lose their jobs.
IME, the best engineers are in America because they have mobility and America is where they choose to be. If you pay someone a big chunk of money in their locale, in the kinds of places cheap enough for companies to be eager to hire there, the first thing they do when they have enough money is leave and move to a HCOL area. And the HCOL areas have a high cost of living because they are desirable.
We're already seeing this in manufacturing. The Chinese middle class developed and now manufacturing moved to Vietnam and India.
Offshoring is just exploiting temporary cost of living arbitrage opportunities. The market is going to naturally fix this as other countries develop and as the skilled labor relocates.
Yes, and most of these engineers are not in the US and are cheaper than engineers in the US.
The only reason engineers in the US have jobs is because employers, for one reason or another, believe that in an office environment under their constant supervision, workers work more efficiently.
When they stop believing this, engineers in the US will not work remotely, they will lose their jobs.