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There were two very talented devs I know that took $11/hr CAD jobs personally. I know of more with rough salaries $40,000 and below. Even me; when I was in QA,

There were two very talented devs I know that took $11/hr CAD jobs personally. I know of more with rough salaries $40,000 and below. Even me; when I was in QA, my salary was $52,000 for 9 years of experience. And that was after a raise. Like it or not, there's people willing to take those positions. No where near as many as Canadian companies would like, but they are there.

vic-traill 4y ago
> two very talented devs I know that took $11/hr CAD jobs personally When was this? Note that $11/hr CAD is below the current minimum wage of every Canadian province and territory as of June 1 2022 [0] As an aside - what leads to a talented individual doing dev for $11/hr CAD? I'm not able to conjure up a scenario where that is the case other than they were working for their own startup ... ? [0] https://www.retailcouncil.org/resources/quick-facts/minimum-wage-by-province/ https://www.retailcouncil.org/resources/quick-facts/minimum-...
- somerandomqaguy 4y ago
  > When was this? About 10 years ago, at the time the minimum wage was around $9/hr to $10/hr or so. Adjusted for inflation it'd be around $13.78 in today's money. > As an aside - what leads to a talented individual doing dev for $11/hr CAD? I'm not able to conjure up a scenario where that is the case other than they were working for their own startup ... ? They were freshly graduated, with low cost of living at that time. But like many new graduates, were having difficulty getting that first job, which caused a measure of desperation. Throw in the fact that the problem domain we were working on at the time was genuinely interesting, and it's not too difficult to convince yourself that kind of money isn't so bad. At least for a while.
hn_throwaway_99 4y ago
If they're that talented, they should learn how to negotiate for themselves and realize there are much better options. Right now they're just being taken advantage of, making more money for someone else.

vic-traill 4y ago

> two very talented devs I know that took $11/hr CAD jobs personally When was this? Note that $11/hr CAD is below the current minimum wage of every Canadian province and territory as of June 1 2022 [0] As an aside - what leads to a talented individual doing dev for $11/hr CAD? I'm not able to conjure up a scenario where that is the case other than they were working for their own startup ... ? [0] https://www.retailcouncil.org/resources/quick-facts/minimum-wage-by-province/ https://www.retailcouncil.org/resources/quick-facts/minimum-...

somerandomqaguy 4y ago
> When was this? About 10 years ago, at the time the minimum wage was around $9/hr to $10/hr or so. Adjusted for inflation it'd be around $13.78 in today's money. > As an aside - what leads to a talented individual doing dev for $11/hr CAD? I'm not able to conjure up a scenario where that is the case other than they were working for their own startup ... ? They were freshly graduated, with low cost of living at that time. But like many new graduates, were having difficulty getting that first job, which caused a measure of desperation. Throw in the fact that the problem domain we were working on at the time was genuinely interesting, and it's not too difficult to convince yourself that kind of money isn't so bad. At least for a while.

hn_throwaway_99 4y ago

If they're that talented, they should learn how to negotiate for themselves and realize there are much better options. Right now they're just being taken advantage of, making more money for someone else.