niq999

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   by niq999 5y ago

   I'm in Russia and I make just $5000/year as a full-stack web dev (4+ years). I threatened to leave, and they found 10 more people who work for even less. I tried to get hired outside of my country, but no one bothers to respond.
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   by niq999 5y ago

   Using Vivaldi as my main browser since a few months ago. Tab grouping and tiling is great. The side panel is neat for checking on Skype without installing the app. I didn't experience any slowdown, but not being able to drag and drop f
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   by niq999 6y ago

   For the record, I make $300/month as a hired software engineer here in Russia. I would prefer slightly better conditions, than no such opportunity at all.
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   by niq999 6y ago

   As someone suicidal myself, for sure. Otherwise you're a part of the problem.
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   by niq999 6y ago

   I still have a silly dream that one day Javascript will split the numeric type into 32-bit floats and ints by default, like Ruby does. I wonder how much of the existing ecosystem that would break.