What country are you talking about? In India I don't know but in China the living costs are skyrocketing and are in many occasions more expensive than in major western cities. 2 for 1 (if the team lives in a big city) or at most 4 for 1 is what I believe would be the upper bound.

Well if you truly talk about "third world country" then sure, 10 for 1 but what kind of country and IT operation would that be?

Unless you're an idiot and outsourcing critical operations to India or China, it's more like ~4 for 1.

Third world countries are developing, you should keep up with that.

>>Unless you're an idiot and outsourcing critical operations to India or China [...]

I've heard rumours that the Chinese will just copy your IP as soon as possible, regardless of what you make them sign.

But what's supposed to be wrong in India compared to other outsourcing sites?

I think the narrative here is that yes, the pointy heads are idiots.