How Qantas is bringing back Airbus A380s from the California desert

Re:How Qantas is bringing back Airbus A380s from the Califor... by anaganisk on Thursday April 20, 2023 @01:34PM (#35643369)

You are just not able to comprehend, the difference in USD and INR. I will give you a simple example for you to comprehend. The cost of Unlimited 5G internet in India with 2GB allowance per day billed at 1 YEAR is 43 USD. It's 80 USD at minimum in US per MONTH. The cost of groceries for a 4 person family per month is 243 USD. The mortgage payment on a decent 3BHK house I pay is 182 USD per month. The cost of living and expenses in India is way cheaper. I'm not sure what you are trying to achieve by emphasising 9$/hr coders. It's less in US, it's a lot in India, you are not even in the middle class at that point. They hired some competent coders if they paid that rate in India. Comparing competency of a coder paid in USD vs INR is plain foolish.

The successful Indian Space Research Organization is probably paying $15/hr to it's engineers if you are to question their competency next, I'm not sure if you even understand anything.

I mean that's the reason they outsource, it's cheaper because they have to pay way less in USD, but can hire the same level of talent, if needed. Since in INR it's a lot.

And why should they convert to USD, that's completely foolish, they live in India LOL.

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Re:How Qantas is bringing back Airbus A380s from the Califor... by 908B64B197 on Friday April 21, 2023 @04:37PM (#35659729)

> The cost of Unlimited 5G internet in India with 2GB allowance per day billed at 1 YEAR is 43 USD. It's 80 USD at minimum in US per MONTH.

That's for mobile internet I can only use in India, getting an Indian IP address. It costs 43 dollars but it useless once I land in America.

> The mortgage payment on a decent 3BHK house I pay is 182 USD per month.

For a house in India, in an Indian school district, under Indian jurisdiction. It is not the same asset because there's more to it than the number of bedrooms. See how many Mainland Chinese purchase real estate in America specifically because the assets are now under US jurisdiction and can't be seized by the ruling party, only by a US court of law.

> but can hire the same level of talent

Can you? Last I checked, Silicon Valley talent was pretty expensive worldwide. Partly because it's easy to relocate to the valley.

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