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by IshKebab 1467 days ago
I'm curious - is that salary difference enough to cause a significant brain drain? Can you hire really good developers for that price in your country?

I live in the UK and dev salaries are maybe half of the US, but people don't leave in droves because there are other factors - family, friends, quality of life, effort of moving your life across continents, etc.
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5e92cb50239222b 1466 days ago
Sure. Significant brain drain might be an understatement — I don't think there are any excellent developers left here (if there were any at all). Anyone half worth their salt either moves to Russia where there was a decent IT sector up until the recent events, or wins a green card/marriage lottery and leaves for the West. FWIW I'm not leaving because I didn't want to live in Russia even before the war started (and even less so now), and I'm not good enough to emigrate to the West.
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IshKebab 1466 days ago
Very interesting thanks!
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