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Buying the newest laptop every two years is what like $2000 every two years? That's only $1000 per year, hardly a dent in a programmer's salary.
by iopq 11y ago
Buying the newest laptop every two years is what like $2000 every two years? That's only $1000 per year, hardly a dent in a programmer's salary.
- icebraining 11y agoThat's almost a month's salary for a junior/mid-level programmer in this corner of Western Europe.
- dolel22 11y agoAssuming the programmer doesn't sell the current laptop that he's currently using.
- spacecowboy_lon 11y agoWestern europe realy thats less than than a minimum wage job in the UK
- bryanrasmussen 11y agowhat corner of Western Europe is that?
- ionised 11y agoUK probably. Developers get paid dick all here.
- icebraining 11y agoSame timezone, but better weather :)
- jventura 11y agoPortugal! :)
- fsloth 11y agoI suppose that depends on the definition of a financial 'dent' and the market in which the programmer operates.1000$ is over two percents of my yearly net income (situated in northern Europe).
- zelos 11y agoWhen you factor in kids, mortgage, pension, car, travel costs etc, it probably ends up being a bigger dent than you'd think for a lot of programmers.
- imtringued 11y agoThis just means you have different priorities. Nothing wrong with that but if you really want that laptop then you can afford it.
- mason240 11y agoI'm still doing my home development on a $500 PC I bought in 2010.