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Re:Ask YC: What are starting salaries for CS grads this year? by notauser on Thursday May 01, 2008 @04:50AM (#178247)
Here in the UK the starting salary for coders outside London is around $45k (+$5k for a masters).

However that is for a 37 hour working week. Most people can add 50% over basic in overtime (for 40% extra hours, due to premium rates).

Northern Mexico is about $30k which, compared to basic cost of living, equates to about $120k in California :)

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Re:Ask YC: What are starting salaries for CS grads this year? by immad on Thursday May 01, 2008 @05:29AM (#178270)
In London, CS grads at banks get around $80k. IT consultants get $60k. You can't really survive on much less than that in London :)
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Re:Ask YC: What are starting salaries for CS grads this year? by vilaca on Thursday May 01, 2008 @07:58AM (#178324)
do you mean £40 for grads and £30 for consultants?
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Re:Ask YC: What are starting salaries for CS grads this year? by immad on Thursday May 01, 2008 @08:18AM (#178339)
yeah approximately. And by consultants I mean grads that go and work for IT consultancies like Accenture, IBM, not grads that become consultants (which are relatively rare from my experience)
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