Re:Ask HN: Reduced salary during the first 3 months of work?
by owkaye on Tuesday August 03, 2010 @08:46AM
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> What is half of what you're expected to earn?
That's my question precisely. Maybe your expectations are out of line with reality? The programmers I used to manage overseas certainly had this problem. Nearly all of them fresh out of college expected the same salaries as those with 5+ years of real work experience. Graduating from college into the real world is a shocking "reality check" for some students.
Re:Ask HN: Reduced salary during the first 3 months of work?
by lzm on Tuesday August 03, 2010 @12:24PM
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They offered 1200 BRL/month (about 10K USD/year). A junior engineer is supposed to make at least twice as much over here[1].
They work for foreign clients, and I do have experience with the job (through oDesk/Elance/RAC). I've also published a couple of papers and won several programming contests (I got to the ACM ICPC world finals once). I believe I deserve more.
If you are considering this offer, can we assume that there are few offers at this moment? Depending on your situation/skills/experience, maybe it might be worth giving it a try. 3 months isn't a long time.