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Re: There's no easy way to say this

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Post by daeken »

lazaroclapp wrote: post #25
asimuvPR wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

$2400 a year? What US dev works for that in this market? You are better off at burger king.

None should, but this is ~2x the Mexican minimum wage. I guess the question here (as per nine_k comment) becomes, if you are working remotely, for a position listed in country A, but you are located in country B, do country B's minimum wage laws apply? If so, does that mean the company in country A should pay you a higher wage, or simply means you don't qualify for the position (note that developer positions in Mexic…

24x the Mexican minimum wage would be $28.8k. This is 2x minimum wage.

Re: There's no easy way to say this

#33

Post by lazaroclapp »

daeken wrote: post #31
lazaroclapp wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

None should, but this is ~2x the Mexican minimum wage. I guess the question here (as per nine_k comment) becomes, if you are working remotely, for a position listed in country A, but you are located in country B, do country B's minimum wage laws apply? If so, does that mean the company in country A should pay you a higher wage, or simply means you don't qualify for the position (note that developer positions in Mexic…

24x the Mexican minimum wage would be $28.8k. This is 2x minimum wage.

Shit, I didn't read the annually versus monthly part... corrected in the original, with edit note.

Re: There's no easy way to say this

#34

Post by cryptarch »

gogopuppygogo wrote: post #28
btym wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>“$2,400 was my yearly salary working a full time eight hours a day, 40 hours a week job.” Why would you ever choose to work there in the first place?

The article states that the minimum wage in Mexico is $100/month ($1,200/year). My guess is he moved to Mexico to work on this and gain experience. Pay sucks but the game is successful and if he didn't publicly come out against the company it would have likely led to higher paying jobs in the states due to association. This may not be popular to many people but I'm sure it's well known on on Hacker News by now. Long…

Did you mean "intents and purposes" or did some wordplay go over my head?

Re: There's no easy way to say this

#35

Post by tunesmith »

cryptarch wrote: post #34
gogopuppygogo wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The article states that the minimum wage in Mexico is $100/month ($1,200/year). My guess is he moved to Mexico to work on this and gain experience. Pay sucks but the game is successful and if he didn't publicly come out against the company it would have likely led to higher paying jobs in the states due to association. This may not be popular to many people but I'm sure it's well known on on Hacker News by now. Long…

Did you mean "intents and purposes" or did some wordplay go over my head?

It's common usage, supposably.

Re: There's no easy way to say this

#38

Post by AlphaSite »

gogopuppygogo wrote: post #28
btym wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>“$2,400 was my yearly salary working a full time eight hours a day, 40 hours a week job.” Why would you ever choose to work there in the first place?

The article states that the minimum wage in Mexico is $100/month ($1,200/year). My guess is he moved to Mexico to work on this and gain experience. Pay sucks but the game is successful and if he didn't publicly come out against the company it would have likely led to higher paying jobs in the states due to association. This may not be popular to many people but I'm sure it's well known on on Hacker News by now. Long…

Squad wasn't a startup, it was already an established company when KSP was being developed.

Re: There's no easy way to say this

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Post by [deleted] »

gogopuppygogo wrote: post #28
btym wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>“$2,400 was my yearly salary working a full time eight hours a day, 40 hours a week job.” Why would you ever choose to work there in the first place?

The article states that the minimum wage in Mexico is $100/month ($1,200/year). My guess is he moved to Mexico to work on this and gain experience. Pay sucks but the game is successful and if he didn't publicly come out against the company it would have likely led to higher paying jobs in the states due to association. This may not be popular to many people but I'm sure it's well known on on Hacker News by now. Long…

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Re: There's no easy way to say this

#40

Post by [deleted] »

gogopuppygogo wrote: post #28
btym wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>“$2,400 was my yearly salary working a full time eight hours a day, 40 hours a week job.” Why would you ever choose to work there in the first place?

The article states that the minimum wage in Mexico is $100/month ($1,200/year). My guess is he moved to Mexico to work on this and gain experience. Pay sucks but the game is successful and if he didn't publicly come out against the company it would have likely led to higher paying jobs in the states due to association. This may not be popular to many people but I'm sure it's well known on on Hacker News by now. Long…

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