> The salaries are low by western standards. I tripled my income coming back to the UK. This is true. Maybe not three times lower, but salaries are lower compa

> The salaries are low by western standards. I tripled my income coming back to the UK. This is true. Maybe not three times lower, but salaries are lower comparing to UK/US. > The work culture is shitty. Long hours are routine. Developers are cogs in the machine. The boss is always right. You need to do things by the book. True. The last sentence applies mostly to local companies. > There's a hard class distinction between "worker bees" (includes developers) and "managers". As everywhere else. > Those managers were typically clueless about tech, also, which made interviewing a crapshoot. Disagree. Share of incompetent managers is close to share of incompetent developers. Hiring a skilled, knowledgeable, self-organised developer is very hard. Source: I am a manager :)