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$300 a month is astoundingly low. What can they be doing for that amount of money, I'm amazed the cost is living is so low. If they got remote jobs to first wor

• Mirioron 7y ago
  It's difficult to get jobs like that though.
  • NotSammyHagar 7y ago
    Yeah, but a 1000 a month for a remote worker who can do java would be feasible. Think about how much you could outsource with just one person's salary. Of course that's the fantasy of moving work away. I don't want that exactly, I'm fortunate and privileged to be an american programmer. But I need to justify my high salary by being very productive, careful, use good techniques and use good engineering practices.
• gexla 7y ago
  There's an agency here which employs developers for different sorts of client work. Some of them I talked to were doing Javsacript and others were .Net. The employer is Swedish. Other employers are small businesses which have a need for a developer and pay the lowest they can get away with. Cost of living is really low here. You can get cozy two room apartment for under $200 / month. There are a lot of "boarding houses" where you can get a room and a shared bathroom for $35 / month. A small studio apartment may be as cheap as $100 / month. Young adults here will often say with their family though unless they are working in a different city.