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Yes. Step 1 of remote is “are you really better than someone in Indiana with an $800 mortgage payment?” Step 2 is “And are you really better than the European
by mathattack 3y ago
Yes. Step 1 of remote is “are you really better than someone in Indiana with an $800 mortgage payment?” Step 2 is “And are you really better than the European Phd at half that cost?”
- schiem 3y agoMy Indiana mortgage payment is $500, thank you very much.
- brianwawok 3y agoHaha I had one around there too. Indiana life is good life.
- notpachet 3y agoUnless you need an abortion.
- deadbabe 3y agoStep 3 is “European PHD, if you’re really so good why are you half the cost?”
- game_the0ry 3y agoStep 4 is “European PHD is not as good as we thought, we need to start over."
- bmoxb 3y agoAnd the answer being "the limited number of local companies paying high wages and the limited number of American companies willing to hire someone in Eastern Europe reducing my leverage."
- bbsz 3y agobecause in Europe his local salary is at a tenth of the US offered. knowing that, you can say his actually the five times premium.
- LudwigNagasena 3y agoFor a similar reason why a person pressing a button to pour coffee in Starbucks on Manhattan gets 10x more than a person pressing a button to pour coffee in Starbucks in São Paulo.
- zeroCalories 3y agoWith so much wealth in America, do you really think life is going to be better for you when you're competing against everyone in the world? Sure, I bet the people in Indiana, or India are happy, but your SF salary is going to be demolished, and your local community is going to death spiral as to the wealth evaporates.
- deadbabe 3y agoNot really. Employers that know what they’re buying will spend the money.