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Hello , Paul Cantrell I hope you're doing well. I'm Ryan from Hong Kong. I lead a small team of developers working on backend systems, web applications, cloud infrastructure, and AI. As we've expanded into Europe and North America, we're looking to build long-term relationships with developers in those regions since many clients prefer working with someone in the same location and time zone. I'm not reaching out about a specific project. I'd simply enjoy connecting and seeing whether there's potential to cooperate in the future. If you're interested, I'd be happy to chat.

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Hello , Paul Cantrell I hope you're doing well. I'm Ryan from Hong Kong. I lead a small team of developers working on backend systems, web applications, cloud infrastructure, and AI. As we've expanded into Europe and North America, we're looking to build long-term relationships with developers in those regions since many clients prefer working with someone in the same location and time zone. I'm not reaching out about a specific project. I'd simply enjoy connecting and seeing whether there's potential to cooperate in the future. If you're interested, I'd be happy to chat.
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Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 14-Sep-2026 04:21:48 JST Paul Cantrell

I've been getting a steady stream of these unsolicited messages. The pitch is always the same: “Use your US location to attract clients, pretend to be the one doing all the work, and we'll subcontract for you on the sly.”
Are we looking at a return of actual offshoring? but now with a sort of Mechanical Turk flavor?

In conversation about a month ago from hachyderm.io permalink