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Technically correct, but even GitLab has a relatively short list of countries where they hire[0]. Legal requirement are probably going to continue to limit the talent pool for the foreseeable future.

[0] - https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/employment-so...

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Doing some simple math on your "limited talent pool" in the "short list of countries" brings the total population of those countries up to:

* ~900 million people for where they use companies (and probably in the low tens of million of possible employees)

* probably ~2 billion people for where they use contracts (and probably some more low tens of millions of possible employees)

Those are <<huge>> pools of people.

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