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Bangalore(India)
i have finished engg currently looking for a job.
Monthly expenses : petrol Rs.500/month snacks : Rs.500/month
i live with parents. house rent Rs.6,000/month in a decent area for a family of 4 people, 2BHK.
typical montly wage for programmer : Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 30,000 for most freshers.
I live in a small town outside of Nagoya, Japan. I live fairly comfortably at $2,000 a month. The ramen profitable number for a single self-employed twentysomething is in the neighborhood of $1,500. Some costs: - A month's rent for a capacious apartment (by Japanese standards): $450 (This would be $700 inside of Nagoya, and you'd get a third the size of the apartment.) - Utilities: Gym ($100), phone + Internet + cell…
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May I ask which industy?
I work for a company involved in the games industry. You'll probably find more money in the financial sector though
I live in a small town outside of Nagoya, Japan. I live fairly comfortably at $2,000 a month. The ramen profitable number for a single self-employed twentysomething is in the neighborhood of $1,500. Some costs: - A month's rent for a capacious apartment (by Japanese standards): $450 (This would be $700 inside of Nagoya, and you'd get a third the size of the apartment.) - Utilities: Gym ($100), phone + Internet + cell…
Thanks Patrick. My girlfriend is from Gifu and I have been entertaining the thought of moving there next year. I'm actually surprised that living expenses are higher than I thought. Those numbers are pretty similar to what I spend living in my city in Canada.
If you do come to Gifu, look me up. I enjoy giving tours.
San Luis Obispo, CA Apartment Rent + Utilities: $400-$600 Internet (1 Mbps): $25 Food: $250 Phone: $50 Transport (Bike): $20 A decent meal: $8-$30
Santa Barbara, CA Apartment Rent + Utilities: $900 Food: $250 Lawrence, Kansas Apartment Rent + Utilities: $200 - $500 Food: Same I miss Kansas sometimes =(
Apartment Rent: $1766 (4 mo. contract), was $1395 (14 mo. contract) Utils: $115 or so (electric, trash/water)
Manhattan, KS Apartment Rent: $385 Utils: $100
Heading back to good ol` Kansas at the end of the year.
New Delhi (NCR), India Typical monthly wage for a programmer / designer: $300 to $500 Monthly Expenses: $860 Apartment Rent + Utilities: $500 Internet (2 Mbps): $50 Food: $100 Public Transport (Taxi+Bus+Metro): $100 (Higher if you mostly use taxi, and $300/mo for car) Coffee at a coffee shop: $60 ($2*30) Entertainment: $50
Chennai, India (live in the centre of the city)
My typical expenses:
Rent (Room + Bath + Kitchen) - 66$. Single. From next month it's shared by a friend and going to be 33$ for me. In a safe and good residential area.
Electricity - 5$
Water - Included in Rent
Internet (BSNL 512kbps unlimited) + Cable TV - 17$ + 3$
Food - 70$ (eat at my parent's home in weekends)
Mobile - 9$ (600 mins local voice calls free + 5000 free text + 200MB EDGE usage)
Transport - Train ticket.7$ for 3 months. Travel up to 30 km within city and unlimited.
Entertainment & other expenses - 25$
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Avg income - 600$
My Expenses (Current) - 197$
My Expenses (from next month) - 164$
Savings (approx) - 400$ (a decent amount here)
BTW, I'm not the least spender around. I can easily save 10-20$ still.
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Most programmers in India live in their parents house. So they save $500 on rent and are able to live on $400 per month. Programmers who move of parents house, share a 1 bed room apartment with 3 friends to save on rent and cover up their cost of living. Few of them make over $1000 per month and live independently, with a better lifestyle. You actually need at least $1000 per month for decent living in India. The $50…
> You actually need at least $1000 per month for decent living in India. $1000 USD is £630 GBP. Our family of 4 (2 young children) live on about £1000, ie $1600 - we have a private home with a bedroom each, run a car (necessary for work otherwise it we'd ditch it and use mass transit) and eat a moderately varied diet with meat/fish twice a day. I would say ours is probably unsustainable long term (clothing, building…
I'm not living in the same city as he is so the rent may differ a bit but not so drastic. I too live in a metropolitan city (4th largest in India) and I can get you a posh 3 bedroom apartment/house for the rent he specified.
TelAviv, Israel * Rent+Utils: 700$ (each-with roommates) / 1300$ (2 room appt) * Internet: 30$ * Food: 500$ * Transport: 140$ * Beer 1 litre: 12$ * Corner Bar Food (cheap): 7$ * Lunch deal: 13$ * Cellphone: 55$ (~300 minutes) * Petrol: 2$/ltr * Cars are expensive, e.g.: Mazda3 30,000$ * Salary: 4,000$ - 8,000$ * Average salary in the country: ~2400$ Generally the life style of a tech person is very high compared to o…
You should mention the salary figures are per month, not per year.
I'm currently bootstrapping a startup on my savings, with no incomes. I moved from Paris to Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam). It's a very inexpensive place to live in. - Room on a flat: $150-$200 - Food: $120
I'm always up for meeting HNers if you want to look me up.
Buenos Aires, Argentina. Living in a nice area such as Belgrano costs you around $800 (US dollars): - Apartment: $500 - Food: $200 - Public transport: $50 - Internet: $30 - Cellphone: $20 Most programmers here make between $800 and $1600. Really good ones make up to $2500.