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   Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Mar-2025 06:21:48 JST Adrianna Tan

   A few months ago regarding the H-1B kerfuffle I made the claim that Indian software engineers *in India* make a very good salary to the extent that the idea they are coming to the US to be cheap labor is ridiculous.*

   *Excluding Infosys / Wipro / body shops

   A $100K engineer in Bangalore is only moving for a $200K job in the US

   Interesting updated data from the Pragmatic Engineer on SWE comp in US / UK / India / elsewhere

   https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/trimodal

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Mar-2025 07:42:11 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Dave Polaschek (he/him)

     @davepolaschek their spouses being unable to work for years while on a H-1B also plays a part in the mental math. People think it’s a walk in the park but it’s so precarious

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     Dave Polaschek (he/him) (davepolaschek@writing.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Mar-2025 07:42:12 JST Dave Polaschek (he/him)

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     @skinnylatte When I worked at the Big Red A, some of the engineers I worked with from India wanted to move to the US (usually for non-work reasons). And there were some who had done the math and wanted very much to stay in India, because the cost of living in CA made the better salaries there not so good after all. And almost none wanted to move to Minnesota (cheaper COL than CA, similar salary) due to the cold.