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I don't think there is that many countries were software developers aren't reasonably well compensated compared to local standard of pay. And that is the level that we should really compare to. Is the pay above median or in top 25% for the location? I would guess that it is for most of the world.

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My brother in law lived in Austria, he was paid similarly to any other job there, there was an impassable ceiling, so he moved to San Francisco and makes 10x.

I looked for software development jobs in Spain, and they pay even less than in my native Uruguay.

And forget about six figures unless you're in the US, England, Switzerland or Australia or a top company in Europe.

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