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Just to point out the context. https://english.cw.com.tw/article/article.action?id=2403#:~:text=The%20latest%20data%20published%20by,wage%20was%2051%2C957%20Ta
by justicezyx 6y ago
Just to point out the context.
https://english.cw.com.tw/article/article.action?id=2403#:~:text=The%20latest%20data%20published%20by,wage%20was%2051%2C957%20Taiwan%20dollars https://english.cw.com.tw/article/article.action?id=2403#:~:....
Looks like the local wage is very low in general, 90% percentile is 37,114.60 or 1.09 million in Taiwan Dolloar.
So it seems 50-60$ USD is quite high-end after 5 years with a PhD.
- ivalm 6y agoI mean, in the US in 2017 after condensed matter Physics PhD where I did nanofab I could go work for intel/asml/lam and get like 110-140k starting. Or I could do data science/more SWE related and get 140-250k. The choice wasn't very hard. The lowest software job paid as much as the highest hardware job despite me being a specialist in the nanofab/hardware. Also, the opportunities for growth/future earnings/work life balance/etc are all better with software related jobs.
- eric-hu 6y agoThe stats don’t tell the whole story. China considers Taiwan a province of its own. People from Taiwan legally can work in China with about as much effort as someone can move from Kansas to California for work. As with Silicon Valley, you’ll find people tend to move where there are bigger salaries. (not my personal view)