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Symbionton Poll: How much do you make as a programmer?

That's actually one of my goals!

Symbionton Poll: How much do you make as a programmer?

Nope, I not confused. Im CLT employed and you're right about FGTS.. But I don't have any benefits where I work, and the local employers don't get much better than this. A 'nice' salary in my town would get me somewhere around 21k dollars yearly.

Symbionton Poll: How much do you make as a programmer?

If you consider taxes, less than 1k reais/month. I live south, Londrina - Paraná.

Symbionton Poll: How much do you make as a programmer?

Here in Brazil, I get paid approximately 11k brazillian reais.. Translating to U.S. dollars that would be 7k. These numbers are really impressive to me.

Symbionton Richard Feynman on education in Brazil

Another brazilian CS undergrad here. Sadly, I can vouch for what olh said.. In some worst cases, teachers at public universities decide not to show up at classes.

Symbionton We do get out of bed for less than $10,000 dollars per day

If you ignore the references to Sebastian in JM's post and pay attention only to the subject, it is clear that they're talking about different things.