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You're leveraging historically bad pound/dollar conversion rates to get that figure. In general, US salaries are higher because of the lack of social services.
by snapetom 4y ago
You're leveraging historically bad pound/dollar conversion rates to get that figure. In general, US salaries are higher because of the lack of social services. $37k for a UK dev, I don't buy. I worked with Belgian devs, intermediate to senior, ten years ago and they were at $60k/year.
Regardless, that site has some very problematic data. Maybe Brazil does have a lower cost compared to other South American countries, but that site is also claiming Argentinian devs making 3700 USD per year, which is ludicrous. We can't attract even junior ones for any less than 5k per month.
- r_hoods_ghost 4y agoAnd you're not showing any data at all. Please show some that shows devs in the USA aren't over compensated relative to the rest of the world. Until you do I will assume you are just using anecdata because you want to pretend that what? US devs don't get paid more than devs in the rest of the world? Why?
- snapetom 4y ago> And you're not showing any data at all. And your payscale site is so far off, it can't be called data. > US devs don't get paid more than devs in the rest of the world? How in the world did you come to that conclusion? My only point is that your claim of cheap foreign labor comes from Western privilege.
- r_hoods_ghost 4y agoNo, it really doesn't. Your denial that Westerners, and especially Americans, get paid more than people in the developing world is western privilege.