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0 pointsthrowaway194357y ago0 comments

I'm from South Africa. I've got 100% in the HackerRank test, and considered very good. My salary history is pretty depressing in comparison to others, although I was blissful in my ignorance until I met people who were open to talking about their salaries.

2008-1 Y0E-$12,000-Software Dev

2009-2 Y0E-$15,500-Software Dev

2010-3 Y0E-$17,000-Software Dev

2011-4 Y0E-$19,000-Software Dev

2012-5 Y0E-$23,000-Snr Software Dev

2013-6 Y0E-$27,500-Snr Software Dev

2014-7 Y0E-$31,000-Snr Software Dev

2015-8 Y0E-$34,000-Snr Software Dev

2016-9 Y0E-$43,000-Snr Software Dev

2017-10 Y0E-$54,000-Snr Software Dev

2018-11 Y0E-$63,500-Snr Software Dev

Average rent per year is about $8,500.

Average house cost is about $142,000 with interest rate of 10% pa.

Income tax rate is about 40%.

My biggest problem was working at the same company for about 9 years, cause after that my salary almost doubled. I'm seriously considering emigrating though, I'm working too hard and my savings are paltry.

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mistermann7y ago

This may cheer you up a bit, your salary vs cost-of-living ratios are far better a typical senior dev would enjoy in Vancouver or Toronto Canada, people here would love to be able to buy the average house outright for 3.7x after tax income. It would take you something like 6x or 7x after tax income just to get a 500 sqft bachelor suite.

Choose where you immigrate to carefully!

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mistermann7y ago

Choose where you immigrate to carefully!

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