Ask HN: If you could live and work somewhere, where would it be?

Re:Ask HN: If you could live and work somewhere, where would... by holydude on Monday January 02, 2017 @04:08AM (#13299984)

Absolutely. I would not say Korea is a good place to be in as a developer. Mostly dominated by Korean corps. Some companies started my foreign ethnic koreans. They are good and nice places but pay is ...mediocre.

Koreans are also a bit racist but if you do not mind it's fine.

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Re:Ask HN: If you could live and work somewhere, where would... by sb8244 on Monday January 02, 2017 @09:51AM (#13301395)

I studied abroad in Korea and asked about expected salaries for SE from the Korean CS Dept. They said 60k would be incredibly high and 30-40 would be normal. That is also in million won which doesn't translate perfectly to a dollar, actually less.

However, if you are working remote you could probably be taking in a nice US salary and live very very well. 100k and you'd live like a king/queen there.

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Re:Ask HN: If you could live and work somewhere, where would... by dvcrn on Monday January 02, 2017 @07:56AM (#13300881)

> but pay is ...mediocre.

sure, it's no Silicon Valley but you can get decent/well paid jobs with a bit of trying. My salary was even slightly better than what I made in Germany before

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Re:Ask HN: If you could live and work somewhere, where would... by holydude on Monday January 02, 2017 @08:08AM (#13300932)

I saw small/medium company offering 60k $ for normal position. How much do you make ? What kind of company ?

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