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Local compensation practices where you live must really suck if you can't afford a $1000 laptop. :(

by mypalmike 6y ago

sound1 6y ago
I feel this is not a very thoughtful comment. There can be many more reasons for not being able to afford a $1000 laptop other than local compensation right? Financial constraints like kids, mortgage, lack of spare cash for a new machine etc.?
the_af 6y ago
I don't live in the US and I must politely ask you to see how the rest of the world lives. The macbook I was given costs, after customs, taxes and everything, $4000. Not $1000. Are there cheaper macbooks? Sure. Why would I want them, though?
- mypalmike 6y ago
  I'm sorry if my post seemed rude in any way. First, this discussion is about the new MacBook Air that costs $1000 US which is why I mentioned that price point. I suppose tariffs and such would increase that substantially, so that's a fair point. My bad. That said, I believe there was discussion about the hypothetical situation where you did want a Mac. More to the point, I checked your post history before I commented, and I gathered you are a developer, somewhere in South America (?). I suspect that the code I write is probably no better than the code you write. But your pay is presumably quite a bit less than mine. My point was that it's unfortunate that like work doesn't yield like rewards. Now here I am going to make some assumptions... In all likelihood, people are amassing wealth off of your work in the same way they profit from mine. But due to local wage norms, they can pay you less and reap higher margins. They get to upgrade the yacht, but you might not even have enough free time time to use a boat even if you could afford one. It's possible that I extrapolated too much and that your situation is nothing like what I have inferred. Sorry in advance if that is the case.

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Local compensation practices where you live must really suck if you can't afford a $1000 laptop. :(

by mypalmike 6y ago

Local compensation practices where you live must really suck if you can't afford a $1000 laptop. :(

sound1 6y ago
I feel this is not a very thoughtful comment. There can be many more reasons for not being able to afford a $1000 laptop other than local compensation right? Financial constraints like kids, mortgage, lack of spare cash for a new machine etc.?
the_af 6y ago
I don't live in the US and I must politely ask you to see how the rest of the world lives. The macbook I was given costs, after customs, taxes and everything, $4000. Not $1000. Are there cheaper macbooks? Sure. Why would I want them, though?
- mypalmike 6y ago
  I'm sorry if my post seemed rude in any way. First, this discussion is about the new MacBook Air that costs $1000 US which is why I mentioned that price point. I suppose tariffs and such would increase that substantially, so that's a fair point. My bad. That said, I believe there was discussion about the hypothetical situation where you did want a Mac. More to the point, I checked your post history before I commented, and I gathered you are a developer, somewhere in South America (?). I suspect that the code I write is probably no better than the code you write. But your pay is presumably quite a bit less than mine. My point was that it's unfortunate that like work doesn't yield like rewards. Now here I am going to make some assumptions... In all likelihood, people are amassing wealth off of your work in the same way they profit from mine. But due to local wage norms, they can pay you less and reap higher margins. They get to upgrade the yacht, but you might not even have enough free time time to use a boat even if you could afford one. It's possible that I extrapolated too much and that your situation is nothing like what I have inferred. Sorry in advance if that is the case.