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Is this common in Russia? It seems low even for a junior and even in Russia. When I look on Upwork and Freelancer, decent mid and senior level developers in Rus
by 0xy 6y ago
Is this common in Russia? It seems low even for a junior and even in Russia. When I look on Upwork and Freelancer, decent mid and senior level developers in Russia/Ukraine etc seem to charge $30/hour on the low end.
Can't you freelance for more money if that's true?
- Muromec 6y agoIt's probably just Russia. Software developer salaries in Ukraine[0] are usually in 2k-5k per month range with virtually no tax overhead. Median for the city of Kyiv was 2800 USD per month in 2020. You probably can get as low as 300 working in public sector, but I'm not sure about that now. [0] https://dou.ua/lenta/articles/salary-report-devs-june-2020/ https://dou.ua/lenta/articles/salary-report-devs-june-2020/
- isbvhodnvemrwvn 6y agoIs it true that you do actually get paid in USD due to UAH being unstable?
- caskstrength 6y agoYes. Absolute majority of software developers in Ukraine work as contractors with rate fixed in USD/EUR.
- Muromec 6y agoYes, all contracts in last 10 and something years I had were denominated in USD. Now what you get -- that depends. It's either USD or EUR wired from abroad directly or equivalent sum in UAH if you have contract with Ukrainian entity (we simply can't have transactions inside the country in currencies other then hryvnia). You can't get your hands on hard cash in USD or EUR either way, but in the first scenario you can at least keep it and choose when to sell.
- kamidesu 6y agoNot sure how common it is but it's not that difficult to get more. A bit difficult for me to say what the exact numbers are at the moment but most of my friends make around 4 to 5 thousands USD after all taxes (nvidia, jetbrains, some remote work).