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Re:Ask HN: How come YC startups offering <80k$/year? by riku_iki on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @03:25PM (#36129357)
> median salary for a developer in Spain is $30,000 a year[1], so 50-80k would easily place them in the upper 10% of the scale.

that's global market already. If apple, google, msft be confident they can hire thousands of high quality engineers in Spain for $30k/y, they would sure open dev offices there and cut jobs in California.

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Re:Ask HN: How come YC startups offering <80k$/year? by beezlewax on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @03:29PM (#36129413)
I'm an Irish dev living in Spain getting paid Spanish wages. I'd easily be on double in Ireland.

It is what it is.

The only thing holding back Spanish devs is a relatively low level of English by other European standards.

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Re:Ask HN: How come YC startups offering <80k$/year? by isbvhodnvemrwvn on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @04:47PM (#36130531)
They do open offices and they do pay little compared to the US, but still relatively good for the market.
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