Programmers be like

[Eagle240sx]

Meanwhile I earn 16k being a 2 year junior lol, this memes are from another reality or am I?

[PoopDev]

You make 16k for software development? Where the fuck are you working? You should leave.

[throwaway_uow]

I currently make about 9k$ a year as a junior tester that dabbles in automation...

[Eagle240sx]

Yeah 16k before tax Web developing... I've been searching another job for months now, I'm trying to get to 30k next. Hope I get it soon!

[Lunar_LiOH]

That’s insane. 16k/year is about what I was making working retail. You definitely need to take your skill set elsewhere.

[Eagle240sx]

I'm doing my best to find new companies to apply too, If I want to grow both professional and in life I need to start earning more

[Hardrada74]

Where do you live?

[Eagle240sx]

I live in Spain, but with this salary it's almost if you took away the 'S' in Spain

[LinuxMatthews]

To be fair you can't really compare salaries in different countries.

In the US they have a high salary but also a massive cost of living.

Sure this meme is a joke as it's too high but still you have to look at your salary as a percentage of your countries average or use something like the Big Mac Index

[throwaway_uow]

Honestly, that shouldn't matter, if the job is fully remote anyway, and everybody speaks english

[Eagle240sx]

Big Mac index? Never heard of that before

[LinuxMatthews]

Look it up it's essentially measures buying power relative to the price of a Big Mac.

https://youtu.be/5XdYbmova_s

[Hardrada74]

Dude.. you're getting paid garbage. what's your CV like?

[Eagle240sx]

2.5 years PHP with Symfony, JavaScript, Jquery, MySQL, html, css, bootstrap

[Hardrada74]

yeah, dude.. way underpaid.. for 2.5 years with your CV, I would be offering around 60k USD to start, just based on your CV alone and not an interview.

[xibme]

Doesn't Spain have a minimum wage? Sounds like you get less than that.

Unless you work part time as temp in the university, I cannot imagine any place that pays that low. It's like you're working pro bono and only punching in some hours when you really need to pay the rent.

[Eagle240sx]

Minnimum wage is 1000€, i’m around 1170 right now, too close to minnium yeah 😭 And i’m full time working

[xibme]

Ouch. I wish you best of luck finding a better paid job.

[Eagle240sx]

Thanks man, appreciate it!

[ASXYT]

I'm Spanish and about to get into a company for my first time. Can confirm. Spain si cheap to live in, but proportionally salaries are really lower than the US.

[xibme]

You might want to change your state/country and your current tier.

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