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> where apparently there are developers working for $100 / month.

There are, at least when they're starting out. There are also those who work for $2,000 / month. Those are pretty much the two ends of the payscale for a junior dev.

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Let me get that straight. A junior dev can get up to 2K USD? That's a huge span. What determines where one ends up on that scale?

The way I see it: location, mostly.

SF has some of the best salaries for developers. Contrast that to India, where a "good" salary for a full stacker is about $15k per annum(!). Shit's ridiculous.

Yes, but presumably this was the spread within the same country (India)?

its way worse than that even. some people are living on $1 a day, others are making $100 an hour.

> others are making $100 an hour

Wow! Now that's very good for a junior, isn't it.

2K USD per month is rather low for a junior dev in US (or UK).

Of course - But you wouldn't see a 1:20 spread between the low and high end of the scale within the same country. Not in "The West" anyway.

I suppose it just says something about how diverse a country India is. It still baffles me a bit though.

Yes. In the west it's probably more like a 1:5 spread.

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