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Comparisons between Japan, China, India, and Eastern Europe all seem spurious to me. The standard of living, educational opportunities, native language, cultura
by Locke1689 16y ago
Comparisons between Japan, China, India, and Eastern Europe all seem spurious to me. The standard of living, educational opportunities, native language, cultural heritage, etc are all different.
Of course then there's always the people who don't consider Japan to be "the east"... which always makes me laugh.
I would consider anyone who's doing categorizations based on "east" and "west" to be a tad intellectually dishonest.
- cglee 16y agoIt's different not just among countries, but within a country. Good developers in big cities in China can make close to 100K USD. There aren't many, if any, good developers in rural or extremely poor areas. Most of them move to technologically advanced urban hubs. This normalizes the differences a little and still make comparisons somewhat valid. At least less different than if you were to look at country-wide demographics.