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>Is everyone in Romania, and is that a living wage there? It's a very good living wage for Romania but low for what other IT people are earning, ~$2k monthly.
by eugeneionesco 10y ago
>Is everyone in Romania, and is that a living wage there?
It's a very good living wage for Romania but low for what other IT people are earning, ~$2k monthly.
- emilburzo 10y ago> It's a very good living wage It's a very good wage for _surviving_. After taking care of rent/utility bills there's not much left to go around for actually living.
- hueving 10y ago>After taking care of rent/bills there's not much left to go around for actually living. Are you implying rent/bills in Romania are $1k/mo?
- user5994461 10y agoThe rent in UK (not London), Germany, France (not Paris), Italy, Spain, Portugal, etc... are under $1k a month. Romania is eastern Europe. It should be way cheaper than that.
- emerongi 10y agoRent most likely ~200, food ~100-200, misc ~100. You can get by with 300-500/month in eastern Europe, but you will have to monitor your expenses really closely. 300 if you live with friends/parents, cook at home and don't really do much else other than eat, sleep and work. Get a decent apartment, have some fun in your free time and 1000 does turn into a "barely getting by"-wage. 1.5k-2k is comfortable wage, but median is around 500-600 in most of eastern Europe afaik.
- webmaven 10y agoHow much for a decent high-speed Internet connection?
- pilsetnieks 10y agoIn Romania? $5 for 1Gbps, I'd wager. That is really not the problem there.
- GoToRO 10y ago9$. VAT, 24%, included.
- em500 10y agoAround 7 to 8 dollar/month https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/in/Bucharest?displayCurrency=USD https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/in/Bucharest?displayCu...
- user5994461 10y agoIt seems that your 1000 may be rather comfortable, compared to the major tech cities. Different places have different standards for "barely getting by".
- hueving 10y ago>1000 does turn into a "barely getting by"-wage That's a very privileged view of "barely getting by". All you've described is someone spending everything they make on luxuries (nicer apartment, "having fun" - whatever that implies). By that token, someone could easily be "barely getting by" in San Francisco on an income of $400k by getting a nice 2 bedroom apartment to themselves in a hot location.
- bogdanu 10y ago$1k/mo is the budget for an employee. Based on an salary app I've found online, an employee will receive around 680$/month after all taxes. It's a bit under-average for entry level devs in Romania but it's enough to live decent (the average national wage is around 460$ per month after taxes).
- usaphp 10y agoOne could say the same for Bay Area salary of $150k.
- kkt262 10y agoWhy don't Romanians just get remote jobs?
- alexbanks 10y agoDo you believe it to be that easy to get a remote job, such that all Romanians can simply just "get" one?
- ianai 10y agoJobs grow on trees after all /s
- elbear 10y agoIt's not easy, but you can do it. Source: I'm Romanian and I work remotely. I found the job here in the monthly Who's Hiring thread.
- alexbanks 10y agoMy point was not "Romanians can't get remote jobs," but rather "It's not so easy to get remote jobs that all Romanians can simply get a remote job."
- elbear 10y agoIt's as easy or as difficult as getting any other programming job. The more you know your stuff and good English, the better the job you'll find.
- antisthenes 10y agoWhy isn't everyone just born a rich programmer, so we can finally eliminate that pesky poverty and start enjoy the libertarian utopia?
- tedmiston 10y agoI've noticed many of the dev marketplaces (even the more expensive ones) are dominated by international developers. It's definitely a popular path.