In the US :) - where I live now isn't terribly important apart from that. I have lived a good many years in the Bay Area, CA and have moved away now. This is beside the point though. My experience isn't unique in my industry at all (telecom) and through mergers and company split-ups I have worked with people from many countries and backgrounds - we talk quite a bit about working with people from different countries. Bulgaria and India have the "cheapest" labor but it comes at the cost of high-turnover and less broad-background for technical skills. However, there are some top-notch people that rise to the top from those countries for sure. Admittedly they also are the ones trying to move out to the US or even upgrading quite a bit from say Bulgaria to Czech Republic. Regardless, there are excellent people in all countries I have found. Being a global tier one network provider we actually (as do most global companies) also need to think about geo-redundancy for almost all aspects - not just availability but security. Have to think about network compromises and such and one aspect is keeping, nut just systems, but talent spread pretty evenly globally. I have specifically hired folks from US, EU, India, etc. based on this aspect alone. There's a good old book that explains the tech industry in general quite nicely... "The World is Flat" - although a bit dated now as it was put out at the beginning of VPN and work-from anywhere employment maybe 20 years ago.