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Re:Results of Stack Overflow survey of 20,000 developers by owenversteeg on Tuesday June 10, 2014 @05:13PM (#7875355)
No (I live, and lived at the time, in the US), but I'm assuming you asked because you were surprised I was working at 13. I was freelancing for some local businesses at the time, and I definitely didn't need the money.
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Re:Results of Stack Overflow survey of 20,000 developers by aiiane on Tuesday June 10, 2014 @05:20PM (#7875390)
They might have been pointing out that 13-year-old you in the US may very well make more than an adult in India.
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Re:Results of Stack Overflow survey of 20,000 developers by JAnderton on Wednesday June 11, 2014 @02:59AM (#7876766)
You should factor in cost of living expenses before saying that. If the 13 year old in the US pays taxes and has to run a house on that money (even if it is a small rented apartment with expenses such as food and groceries for himself), the comparison with an adult doing the same in India /might/ be a bit more comparable.
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