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by StefanBatory 430 days ago
I wonder what will happen first - will companies move to LLMs, or to programmers from abroad (because ultimately, it will be cheaper than using LLMs - you've said ~$500 per day, in Poland ~$1500 will be a good monthly wage - and that still will make us expensive! How about moving to India, then? Nigeria? LATAM countries?)
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throwawayb299 430 days ago
> in Poland ~$1500 will be a good monthly wage

The minimum wage in Poland is around USD 1240/month. The median wage in Poland is approximately USD 1648/month. Tech salaries are considerably higher than the median.

Idk, maybe for an intern software developer it's a good salary...

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StefanBatory 430 days ago
Minimal is ~$930 after taxes, though; I rarely see people talk here about salary pre-tax, tbh.

~$1200 is what I'd get paid here after a few years of experience; I have never saw an internship offer in my city that paid more than minimal wage (most commonly, it's unpaid).

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ghuntley 430 days ago
The industry has tried that, and the problems are well known (timezones, unpredictable outcomes in terms of quality and delivery dates)...

Delivery via LLMs is predictable, fast, and any concerns about outcome [quality] can be programmed away to reject bad outcomes. This form of programming the LLMs has a one-time cost...

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