[viraptor]

Things to keep in mind in comparisons like that:

- Where in the us? SV will have absurd salaries, but also absurd cost of living.

- What do you pay for in your country? How much is your health insurance? GP visits? Family education?

- What's the environment like compared to a $random_us_location. For example do you need to own a car to survive and do you spend lots on daily driving?

- What are your benefits? I've got twenty something days off and take even more. Had a paid months of leave as a parent. This is not common in the us.

[whiddershins]

My US-based remote job pays for all these things.

[viraptor]

Yes, I'm sure there's non-zero amount of people who get lots of benefits. And you're likely aware how lucky you are. The point was: it's not common and not required at state/federal level.

[whiddershins]

But the question was literally about remote development work. Unclear why so many people decided to use it to make random criticisms of the US. Or perhaps it is very clear why.

[viraptor]

Remote is an overloaded term. I assumed "work from home in proximity of work in the us". If the OP meant US remote from Korea, that's different, but then we're also likely talking about contracting rather than employment.

> to make random criticisms of the US

It's not criticism, it's comparisons that matter to your enjoyment / impact the total compensation.