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Re:Ask HN: 6-figure freelancers of HN, what do you do? by King-Aaron on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @02:32AM (#15130095)
Jeez. I'm a senior front end developer in Western Australia, on 70k. Build Fintech systems... It would be interesting to compare the costs of living etc to see how salaries over there compares to here.
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Re:Ask HN: 6-figure freelancers of HN, what do you do? by Andrenid on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @03:44AM (#15130379)
A front end developer in State Gov in Australia can easily be $90-110k, fwiw. Can confirm for east coast anyway.
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Re:Ask HN: 6-figure freelancers of HN, what do you do? by King-Aaron on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @04:56AM (#15130664)
Any openings currently? :P
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Re:Ask HN: 6-figure freelancers of HN, what do you do? by nrki on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @11:24AM (#15132902)
As someone from Perth... you are being severely underpaid.
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Re:Ask HN: 6-figure freelancers of HN, what do you do? by quickthrower2 on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @05:24AM (#15130777)
You could probably buy a house on that salary at a reasonable commute distance to Perth CBD.
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Re:Ask HN: 6-figure freelancers of HN, what do you do? by King-Aaron on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @08:39AM (#15131576)
You can get into some off-the-plan garbage in an extremely far away suburb on this sort of money, but right now I don't think it's the right time for me to get into property. So I rent about five minutes from Mount Lawley :)
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Re:Ask HN: 6-figure freelancers of HN, what do you do? by quickthrower2 on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @04:29PM (#15135728)
Ok well that you can rent in such a good location on a 70k income (assume USD?) means lifestyle in Perth IS much more attainable than on SFO which might require a 150k income.

Rents seem to be 300/W AUD for an appartment there. Nice. Here in Sydney it's double that. 300 gets you a room in a decent location.

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Re:Ask HN: 6-figure freelancers of HN, what do you do? by King-Aaron on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @10:03PM (#15137611)
Oh no sorry, that's 70k AUD - in USD I think it's about 55? But yeah Perth is quite cheap to rent in. Living costs are kind of high though, but they are really comparable to other states.
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Re:Ask HN: 6-figure freelancers of HN, what do you do? by jackgolding on Thursday August 31, 2017 @05:46AM (#15139213)
Moved from Perth to Melbourne last year with a nice 30% bump but rent is significantly more expensive here and it takes a lot longer to commute to the city.
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