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Facebook seems to be aggressively searching for remote workers outside of the US if my inbox is any indication. I imagine others in the US are too.

cosmodisk 5y ago
How does that work with the recent 'they need to return to the office' + anyone remotely working for Facebook outside the US will never make hundreds of thousands as a developer.
- quickthrower2 5y ago
  Money talks, bullshit walks as they say
- loeg 5y ago
  Facebook announced they would allow all employees to work remotely a few months ago. Pay is location-adjusted.
  - cosmodisk 5y ago
    That's exactly my point: a dev working for Facebook in Hungary will probably make decent money but it will still be a fraction of what he could be making in the US..
    - loeg 5y ago
      I was mostly responding to: > the recent 'they need to return to the office' Which is counterfactual, unless I totally misunderstood the statement.
  - steve_adams_86 5y ago
    > Pay is location-adjusted This is why I'm not responding. I have a feeling their Canadian offers won't look anything like the article suggests.
    - loeg 5y ago
      The rough estimates I’ve seen are: $100k USD in MPK becomes about 85k CAD. But also I think they just don’t fill as senior roles in Canada so the upper limit is lower. If you want to make more money, I think it’s worth a shot -- if the offer is bad, you don’t have to take it.
ceras 5y ago
Facebook is also aggressively expanding in expensive markets like NYC. So it looks like they aren't all-in on arbitrage. Google too: they just bought a large new building in NYC, yet they're also growing a lot in markets where they pay much less (e.g. India). Very curious how this will play out over time.
- VRay 5y ago
  They definitely ARE all-in on arbitrage. The FAANG megacorps are all pulling in upwards of $2M in revenue per year per coder on average. So what if some of them cost $600k/year?

cosmodisk 5y ago

How does that work with the recent 'they need to return to the office' + anyone remotely working for Facebook outside the US will never make hundreds of thousands as a developer.

quickthrower2 5y ago
Money talks, bullshit walks as they say
loeg 5y ago
Facebook announced they would allow all employees to work remotely a few months ago. Pay is location-adjusted.
- cosmodisk 5y ago
  That's exactly my point: a dev working for Facebook in Hungary will probably make decent money but it will still be a fraction of what he could be making in the US..
  - loeg 5y ago
    I was mostly responding to: > the recent 'they need to return to the office' Which is counterfactual, unless I totally misunderstood the statement.
- steve_adams_86 5y ago
  > Pay is location-adjusted This is why I'm not responding. I have a feeling their Canadian offers won't look anything like the article suggests.
  - loeg 5y ago
    The rough estimates I’ve seen are: $100k USD in MPK becomes about 85k CAD. But also I think they just don’t fill as senior roles in Canada so the upper limit is lower. If you want to make more money, I think it’s worth a shot -- if the offer is bad, you don’t have to take it.

ceras 5y ago

Facebook is also aggressively expanding in expensive markets like NYC. So it looks like they aren't all-in on arbitrage. Google too: they just bought a large new building in NYC, yet they're also growing a lot in markets where they pay much less (e.g. India). Very curious how this will play out over time.

VRay 5y ago
They definitely ARE all-in on arbitrage. The FAANG megacorps are all pulling in upwards of $2M in revenue per year per coder on average. So what if some of them cost $600k/year?