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What country? Serbia's GDP per capita is about 1/10 of the United States. Software developers make less money there because everyone makes less money there.

VRay 5y ago
Man, some Eastern Europeans offered to write an app for me for $2000, and I assumed it was a scam since it'd be 50+ hours of work. Maybe I should hit those guys up again, if someone posting to HackerNews is making less as a programmer there than you'd make flipping burgers in California
- marivilla 5y ago
  I'm a refugee from Nicaragua living in Mexico. I have legal status (thank god) but my paperwork is still a mess. So I freelance on Upwork. I'm surviving, but I make way less than a kid flipping burgers in the US. But the good news is I'm alive and well and happy :) And it will get worked out in time. I'm super happy with my life and it keeps getting better but when I hear first worlders, or even affluent third worlders, talk about money it sounds so crazy :3 Hearing someone say 100k a year is 'enough for a family', when working families where I am now get by decently on 300 MXN a day lol. Perspective is everything. Just gotta keep working hard! If you ever need a freelancer who's even cheaper than Eastern Europeans I'm here for you <3
  - vasco 5y ago
    You have no information on your profile so nobody can contact you.
    - marivilla 5y ago
      ok! mariavillosa1612@gmail.com :D
KronisLV 5y ago
Latvia. The annual income per capita is somewhere around 8000 USD: https://www.ceicdata.com/en/indicator/latvia/annual-household-income-per-capita https://www.ceicdata.com/en/indicator/latvia/annual-househol... Things are similar in some other Eastern European countries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GNI_(nominal)_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GNI_(nomi... (of course, the values vary based on whether you care about the disposable income, or not)

VRay 5y ago

Man, some Eastern Europeans offered to write an app for me for $2000, and I assumed it was a scam since it'd be 50+ hours of work. Maybe I should hit those guys up again, if someone posting to HackerNews is making less as a programmer there than you'd make flipping burgers in California

marivilla 5y ago
I'm a refugee from Nicaragua living in Mexico. I have legal status (thank god) but my paperwork is still a mess. So I freelance on Upwork. I'm surviving, but I make way less than a kid flipping burgers in the US. But the good news is I'm alive and well and happy :) And it will get worked out in time. I'm super happy with my life and it keeps getting better but when I hear first worlders, or even affluent third worlders, talk about money it sounds so crazy :3 Hearing someone say 100k a year is 'enough for a family', when working families where I am now get by decently on 300 MXN a day lol. Perspective is everything. Just gotta keep working hard! If you ever need a freelancer who's even cheaper than Eastern Europeans I'm here for you <3
- vasco 5y ago
  You have no information on your profile so nobody can contact you.
  - marivilla 5y ago
    ok! mariavillosa1612@gmail.com :D

KronisLV 5y ago

Latvia. The annual income per capita is somewhere around 8000 USD: https://www.ceicdata.com/en/indicator/latvia/annual-household-income-per-capita https://www.ceicdata.com/en/indicator/latvia/annual-househol... Things are similar in some other Eastern European countries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GNI_(nominal)_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GNI_(nomi... (of course, the values vary based on whether you care about the disposable income, or not)