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The what? LOL Some of us living and working in less "privileged" countries (I'm from Greece) don't have the luxury of having disposable income to invest, espec

The what? LOL Some of us living and working in less "privileged" countries (I'm from Greece) don't have the luxury of having disposable income to invest, especially tech workers that are paid way less than tech managers. I don't know exactly how things are in the first world countries, but the only disposable income goes as spare cash for emergencies, health problems and other similar activities.

ddorian43 8y ago
Become better developer and work remotely for better wealthier countries. Probably cutting the middle tech manager. If your wage as tech worker relatively sucks compared to local wages, whatever country you're in, you're probably doing it wrong.
- dsc_ 8y ago
  As cold as the above comment may sound - I concur, there's always a way to earn more. Perhaps you would need to find remote work or learn another language. Or simply work hard(er). Whatever it takes.
  - ddorian43 8y ago
    Not harder, smarter.
dev_north_east 8y ago
If things are so bad, why not move? (Not being patronizing, genuinely curious as to why you don't.)
stealthmodeclan 8y ago
You can move to Berlin or Krakow. If you are a good developer, you'll be handsomely paid. Also, it's trivial to move there for you since you are a EU citizen.
tonyedgecombe 8y ago
It's interesting to compare savings rates in the US to Greece: https://data.oecd.org/chart/5cbS https://data.oecd.org/chart/5cbS No doubt there are some savers in Greece although if I was one of them I'd probably keep my savings in a German bank account.
sotojuan 8y ago
Then why comment on this thread at all? This is like someone making a thread saying "How do I do X in Swift?" and I come in and say "I only know Python, so I have no idea LOL!". Was the point of your comment to just complain about being a dev in Greece?
- NKosmatos 8y ago
  If someone wants to make a specific question it needs to find the correct place/forum to ask it. Having someone asking general questions as this one on a big tech news site read by a lot of people, it’s expected to get many different (controversial) answers. Does it mean that in order to comment/reply under a Tesla thread I need to own a Tesla?
- sl0wboat 8y ago
  Your comment is kinda rude.
marketgod 8y ago
You can use the stock market to save the emergency cash. Just invest it wisely.

ddorian43 8y ago

Become better developer and work remotely for better wealthier countries. Probably cutting the middle tech manager. If your wage as tech worker relatively sucks compared to local wages, whatever country you're in, you're probably doing it wrong.

dsc_ 8y ago
As cold as the above comment may sound - I concur, there's always a way to earn more. Perhaps you would need to find remote work or learn another language. Or simply work hard(er). Whatever it takes.
- ddorian43 8y ago
  Not harder, smarter.

dev_north_east 8y ago

If things are so bad, why not move? (Not being patronizing, genuinely curious as to why you don't.)

stealthmodeclan 8y ago

You can move to Berlin or Krakow. If you are a good developer, you'll be handsomely paid. Also, it's trivial to move there for you since you are a EU citizen.

tonyedgecombe 8y ago

It's interesting to compare savings rates in the US to Greece: https://data.oecd.org/chart/5cbS https://data.oecd.org/chart/5cbS No doubt there are some savers in Greece although if I was one of them I'd probably keep my savings in a German bank account.

sotojuan 8y ago

Then why comment on this thread at all? This is like someone making a thread saying "How do I do X in Swift?" and I come in and say "I only know Python, so I have no idea LOL!". Was the point of your comment to just complain about being a dev in Greece?

NKosmatos 8y ago
If someone wants to make a specific question it needs to find the correct place/forum to ask it. Having someone asking general questions as this one on a big tech news site read by a lot of people, it’s expected to get many different (controversial) answers. Does it mean that in order to comment/reply under a Tesla thread I need to own a Tesla?
sl0wboat 8y ago
Your comment is kinda rude.

marketgod 8y ago

You can use the stock market to save the emergency cash. Just invest it wisely.