Why do developers who could work anywhere flock to the most expensive cities?

Re:Why do developers who could work anywhere flock to the mo... by Anderkent on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @07:48AM (#14031547)

But the idea is that you take a remote job based in (rich country), get paid like a (rich country) developer, but only have costs of a developer in (poor country).

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Re:Why do developers who could work anywhere flock to the mo... by sidlls on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @09:00AM (#14032070)

And that idea is just that: an idea. It happens rarely enough that putting forward as normal requires some proof.

The company I work for uses remote workers from Ukraine and India. I know for a fact their salaries are less than 1/3 domestic salaries. This is in my experience what is actually normal. Pretty good for the cost of living, but they aren't saving as much as I am unless a good portion of their expenses are paid by someone else.

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Re:Why do developers who could work anywhere flock to the mo... by Muromec on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @10:07AM (#14032698)

>I know for a fact their salaries are less than 1/3 domestic salaries.

What are absolute numbers?

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Re:Why do developers who could work anywhere flock to the mo... by sidlls on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @10:46AM (#14033157)

The median domestic salary for the engineering positions the remote workers have is about $110k/year.

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Re:Why do developers who could work anywhere flock to the mo... by Muromec on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @12:17PM (#14034300)

Yep, around 3k per month sounds about right for Ukraine:

https://dou.ua/lenta/articles/salary-report-dec-2016/?from=s...

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