It does have to do with they way they are trained. If you have a culture that highers starting at $30k with no experience that has to affect overall salaries. W

It does have to do with they way they are trained. If you have a culture that highers starting at $30k with no experience that has to affect overall salaries. Why pay for experience when you can just take next years cheap graduates? In fact Japan even goes so far as to not hire programmers over 35. Programmers are considered jobs for people 21 to 35. Just go read some jobs ads in Japanese.