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Yes, the standard of living in too much of Eastern Europe is quite low. Perhaps not as bad as some of the _worst_ of 3rd world countries, but low enough to make
by ghiculescu 14y ago
Yes, the standard of living in too much of Eastern Europe is quite low. Perhaps not as bad as some of the _worst_ of 3rd world countries, but low enough to make the $12/hour the author paid quite high.
- rplnt 14y agoI don't know about Ukraine but I think that standard of living is not low in EU countries such as Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary or Slovakia. In all of these countries is $12/hour well above average salary. In the CS field it's probably below average, but you wouldn't have problems with finding a skilled student for that pay for example. By the definition posted bellow they are all 1st world countries. In what I consider a 3rd world country most citizens don't have access to clean water, "proper" housing, health-care, etc... and $12 is closer to a weekly salary. And I'm pretty sure the lowest standard of living is much worse (and affects higher percentage in population) in India or all of the South America than it is in Ukraine.