Re:Babel is used by millions, so why are we running out of m...
by golergka on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @04:16AM
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> never in any eastern European country
A couple of Russian enterprise companies have been sucking up all available Java talent in the last couple of years, with top salaries coming up to a million roubles for non-managers. Salaries in Russia are calculated per month and post-tax (people don't even know how much tax they pay), so it's about $13k per month after tax, and $20k per month before tax. I have also seen a couple of openings for Rust engineers in financial sector promising up to $10k a month (after tax).
Of course, this is a very far outlier from the average rates: senior engineer in Moscow typically takes home $3-5k (after tax, monthly). But it's not 'never'.
Re:Babel is used by millions, so why are we running out of m...
by qwytw on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @04:34AM
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Idk, the median salary at Uber dev office in Lithuania (which is in eastern Europe) is ~9k EUR per month (which is 11k $). Granted they don't hire that many people and most other companies pay considerably less but I wouldn't say that this is something unachievable for higher end tech leads working in some companies.
As contractors, you could theoretically in any country, the more eastern, the more luck you need to have, but it's doable.
Source: I've asked ex-colleagues, recruiters, and people at meetups.