[thiht]

> this salary wouldn't attract strong talent even in medium cost-of-living countries (like Portugal/Spain).

lol, you have no idea what you’re talking about

[mpeg]

Is it wrong? Assuming he refers to top talent, $50-80k isn’t enough to get anyone. You’d hardly be able to hire a top developer in Southeast Asia for this kind of money

No one is taking about average employees

[lsferreira42]

Yes, it is!

Here in Brazil $80k turns in 400k BRL or 33k per month. This make you go to the top 1% salary by a very large margin.

[bruce511]

I don't know about Portugsl or Spain, but $50k would put uou into "wildest dreams" category in a Lot of countries.

And you'd be surprised at how much exceptional talent is out there. Apparently with 8 billion people to choose from the supply pool gets a lot bigger than those who live in very expensive cities.

Luckily wfh means companies are much more likely to hire remote workers now. Well lucky for folks like me anyway...

[thiht]

I'm in France, we have a slightly higher income than Portugal and Spain (less now than in the past I think but still), and even there 50k€ is a very good salary. 80k€ puts you in the top 3% in France (2023, for salaries).

[thiht]

Yes it’s wrong.

Also there’s no definition of top talents.