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Same story here. Why should I spend years toiling away in a clean-room for shit pay when I can 3x or 4x my pay doing a much easier job?
by typon 3y ago
Same story here. Why should I spend years toiling away in a clean-room for shit pay when I can 3x or 4x my pay doing a much easier job?
- teaearlgraycold 3y agoSupply and demand for labor should fix this. NVidia and friends can clearly afford to pay more for wafers.
- seydor 3y agocan never be competitive with overseas suppliers
- tpmx 3y agoFor reference: The annual median TSMC salary in Taiwan including bonus was 58k USD in 2021. (https://old.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/sulof6/tsmc_employees_to_receive_an_average_of_nt1249/iyhatyv/ https://old.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/sulof6/tsmc_employe...)
- dharmab 3y agoWhich is more than TSMC offered some of my friends in the US who had industry experience. They're cheapskates.
- jameshush 3y ago58k/year in Taiwan is also considered crazy good money. The average income in taiwan is about $58k NTD/month (aka $1900ish USD) https://www.statista.com/statistics/319845/taiwan-average-monthly-wage/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/319845/taiwan-average-mo...
- tpmx 3y agoSure, but that doesn't help with making it easier to compete with Taiwan in this field on a global scale.
- jabradoodle 3y agoNvidia don't run any fabs. If you want it produced in the USA, your going to have to pay for that security.
- teaearlgraycold 3y agoI understand. That’s why I said “pay for wafers”
- jabradoodle 3y agoWhat? The market has not delivered a resilient supply chain. If you want it an America, you will need to subsidise it.