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As much as I'd love to talk about this it seems much more political than tech related, are there any issues of tech workers getting less than 8.50? What's the a
by fleitz 13y ago
As much as I'd love to talk about this it seems much more political than tech related, are there any issues of tech workers getting less than 8.50? What's the angle...
- bananacurve 13y agoYou don't seem to have a problem talking politics about the US. How do you explain that?
- fleitz 13y agoIt's mostly tech related tangentially on HN... Personally, I love talking politics, whatever country. The article just didn't seem to have anything related to tech, and perhaps might not be appropriate, unless HN wants to become a place where we can talk politics whether its tech related or not.
- bananacurve 13y agoYour previous comments belie you.
- fleitz 13y agohttp://xkcd.com/386/ http://xkcd.com/386/
- mordae 13y agoProbably not. On the other hand, our team of senior Linux administrators get 7 EUR per hour each in Prague, just 350km from Berlin. It's always interesting to hear about wages in other parts of the world. Puts things into perspective...
- fleitz 13y agoYeah, that's interesting to me as well. I thought you could only get away with paying people that much in China / India. I tend to think somewhere like Prague would be an awesome place to do a startup.
- auctiontheory 13y agoour team of senior Linux administrators get 7 EUR per hour each in Prague Wow. Just wow. Wikipedia says that they're making far less than the per-capita income for the Czech Republic. Presumably they speak English - why do they stay, rather than move elsewhere in the EU? (In Silicon Valley, the same job would pay multiples of the mean income.) More selfishly, assuming you aren't there yourself, how do you go about finding Eastern European technical talent, which everyone speaks so highly about?
- gordaco 13y agoI can't speak for them, but don't underestimate the reasons people may have for staying in their country, and don't overestimate their appreciation for money. I make about the mean income in my country (which is quite a few k€ above the median). I know for a fact that I could go to other parts of Europe and earn possibly twice or more, but I don't think I'm going to do so in the near future. Here I have my family, my friends and my climate. There awaits me a bigger amount of money... that I have no real use for.
- mordae 13y agoIn reality, you can get more in other companies. Up to 2500 EUR monthly, I'd guess. German companies in CR offer even more. But yeah, for 1750 EUR monthly wage you'd get a dedicated, talented young developer who probably already knows at least two programming languages and basics of web development. Or the other way around. (It's also a slightly above-average wage of a normal full-time C developer.) Hmm, to reach someone from the outside... try http://brmlab.cz/lists http://brmlab.cz/lists and ask around.
- PeterisP 13y ago"...how do you go about finding Eastern European technical talent..." Advertise for remote positions? I mean, I occasionally get either some recruiters or see interesting companies, but it always stops at the fact that I'm not willing to move my family to USA or London just to get a larger salary that'll still likely buy a lower quality of life.