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Re:Ask HN: What are well-paying alternative jobs to being a ... by Johnny555 on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @03:45PM (#30091514)
Pays well, about $30 an hour on average, for as many hours as I want

What country are you in? Around here, interns still in college can earn more than that.

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Re:Ask HN: What are well-paying alternative jobs to being a ... by porksoda on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @03:49PM (#30091584)
I travel serially :) After covid settles a bit, I'll continue trawling south america, until then new zealand, who knows.

There are often jobs that pay more, but they're either the fixed-price ones, or have fewer hours.

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Re:Ask HN: What are well-paying alternative jobs to being a ... by porksoda on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @03:51PM (#30091619)
Although as you point out, if I lived in the states I'd be poked. I visit there often enough, but family is kind enough to put me up and I take the time to save.
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Re:Ask HN: What are well-paying alternative jobs to being a ... by xupybd on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @06:48PM (#30093867)
So you're in NZ now?
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Re:Ask HN: What are well-paying alternative jobs to being a ... by porksoda on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @03:53PM (#30091652)
Do you live in a particularly expensive area?
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Re:Ask HN: What are well-paying alternative jobs to being a ... by Johnny555 on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @04:13PM (#30091952)
Yes, the San Francisco Bay Area... which is not only expensive to live in, but software engineers are in high demand and well paid. But pretty much anywhere in the USA, $30 is not high pay for a software engineer.
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Re:Ask HN: What are well-paying alternative jobs to being a ... by sshine on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @06:13PM (#30093481)
$30/hour for software devs in Scandinavia divides how much people earn up to if their education is short, and from if their education is long.
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Re:Ask HN: What are well-paying alternative jobs to being a ... by d82nsjk9 on Thursday January 27, 2022 @03:09AM (#30097640)
long education being, what, a PhD?
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