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Starlink in Nairobi City high rise, soon the Africans will be stealing the Vietnamese Devs work.

Life is a cycle. Karma is a bitch. So be nice and diversify your skillset.

That is a really good point. https://www.starlink.com/map Once starlink coverage expands, the poorest, most remote villages on earth can technically become eligible for remote work. It will probably be exploitative, mechanical-turk type work.

> Once starlink coverage expands, the poorest, most remote villages on earth can technically become eligible for remote work

I suspect some tight number crunching - of money and bits - is necessary for this to work. I could see a joblord popping up who provides the (not cheap) Starlink connection and sells the local labor at a profit. I wager the arrangement will be as exploitive as possible.

They already have Internet in Nairobi, they don’t need Elon Musk.

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