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What I found interesting is that he turned down the offer and the reason he did so. Bulgaria is technically either the poorest or one of the poorest countries
by tici_88 18y ago
What I found interesting is that he turned down the offer and the reason he did so.
Bulgaria is technically either the poorest or one of the poorest countries in the EU (GDP per capita is listed at $12,252 in Wikipedia), so anyone from there should be thrilled to take up a well-paid senior position out West working for well-known company such as Microsoft, right? Wrong, apparently.
I think posts like this go to show that the flow of technically skilled people going from the Eastern European countries out West (or even to North America) may be slowing down if not coming to an end altogether just because the salary differential is no longer compelling enough for them to want to move.
- gaius 18y agoBecause GDP isn't that useful a measure in this situation. He's not buying things in dollars at US prices, he's buying local goods and services at local prices. He's interested in his purchasing power in whatever economy he happens to be in, so regardless of the dollar amount, he's wealthy in Bulgaria but would be only average in Dublin.