Re:Privacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensive
by 0xjmp on Thursday November 16, 2023 @03:10PM
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This idea that an equivalent level of talent to SV is readily available in Indiana or Costa Rica for cheaper pay is deeply flawed.
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Re:Privacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensive
by pzo on Thursday November 16, 2023 @03:32PM
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OP didn't mentioned to slash salaries just by half not by 75%. Most IT people in western countries in Europe are not making even 200k per year. Even in London is hard to get 120k unless you maybe working as a contractor.
A lot of those SV talents are not american but migrated from europe or elsewhere - there are still talented people in EU who just simply don't want to move to USA these days even if salaries are at least 2x. You wouldn't have a problem finding real talent in eastern europe for 150k.