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I'm not sure the cost of living is the right comparison here. I would rather use a professional salary as a basis. Somebody who can develop a self-hosting prog
by eterevsky 4y ago
I'm not sure the cost of living is the right comparison here. I would rather use a professional salary as a basis.
Somebody who can develop a self-hosting programming language that is useful for anything can probably earn at least $5000 regardless of where they live. I wouldn't expect them to live on 1/10th of that even if this is technically possible.
- q-big 4y ago> Somebody who can develop a self-hosting programming language that is useful for anything can probably earn at least $5000 regardless of where they live. I know quite some highly brillant people who have difficulties getting a decent job perhaps because they are really bad at self-promotion. So being able to earn such an amount of money depends on having some further traits that don't have anything to do with intelligence or programming skills (rather perhaps a little bit with hustling skills).
- eterevsky 4y agoI'm not sure what self-promotion has to do with getting a developer job. You send your resume, pass the interviews and you are in. If you live in a poorer country, it might take you going through a couple of jobs until you get to a decent salary, but you'll get there if you are either smart or hard-working.