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vb-8448yesterday at 11:14 PM2 repliesview on HN

There are a lot of places in Europe where 1.5k$ is more than 50% of the total cost of an employee.

And the obvious question: what it's the cost of that revenue? Because it looks huge but ...


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luisgvvyesterday at 11:37 PM

Don't you forget about India and Latinamerica... No way I see companies paying that much for outsourced employees

marcosdumaytoday at 12:36 AM

One could hire a competent developer here in Brazil for that amount. I know because my workplace has hired competent developers for that amount. You can even call them senior developers, but you can't get "non-startup seniors" with actual experience, those expect a bit more.

I just wanted to take their number at face value. It's not like it needs more real information to make AI a bubble.