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Re:Ask HN: Location based pay is killing my motivation, how ... by timmyboop on Sunday September 04, 2022 @11:32PM (#32720222)
>Kind of depends what you are getting paid, but if it is less then $100k say, you can easily find remote jobs that pay more, play them off against each other.

Someone from Asia who is pretty good at their work can get a fully international remote job that pays north of 100K USD? Is this practically possible or is it super difficult like say getting into MIT or CMU. I'm asking because this seems farfetched and I have no idea how these things actually do play out in the real world.

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Re:Ask HN: Location based pay is killing my motivation, how ... by karaokeyoga on Monday September 05, 2022 @12:01AM (#32720368)
I am in Tokyo, working for an SF-based startup, and am making $180K/year. Translated into yen, it's about 2 or 2.5 times the amount I could hope to get locally. Full disclosure: I have no university degree, and am not a guru/superstar/10x engineer. I am intermediate-senior and competent, no more.
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Re:Ask HN: Location based pay is killing my motivation, how ... by quickthrower2 on Monday September 05, 2022 @01:04AM (#32720749)
Do you mind me asking: Did you get that job through a job board or connections?
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Re:Ask HN: Location based pay is killing my motivation, how ... by karaokeyoga on Monday September 05, 2022 @02:57AM (#32721334)
Job board, no relationship to anyone at the company … they reached out to me (my resume was available on the job board).
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Re:Ask HN: Location based pay is killing my motivation, how ... by newaccount74 on Monday September 05, 2022 @05:54AM (#32722416)
Do you have some specific skill set or lots of experience in a domain the company was looking for?
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Re:Ask HN: Location based pay is killing my motivation, how ... by karaokeyoga on Monday September 05, 2022 @07:22AM (#32723092)
React!
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Re:Ask HN: Location based pay is killing my motivation, how ... by tasuki on Monday September 05, 2022 @05:06PM (#32729478)
Asia is a big place. I'm in Eastern Europe, $100k is very possible when working remotely. Also, $100k is an outrageously good salary here - think 5 times the local average.
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