Global Dev Pay Gap Exposed

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Global Dev Pay Gap Exposed

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The absolute TRAGEDY of our industry in one image! 😭 Up top we have the American "Senior Dev" making a cool $480K with a GitHub contribution graph that looks like they're on permanent vacation - a measly 69 contributions all year! Meanwhile, the Indian freelance junior dev is HUSTLING with 4,303 contributions while making less than the cost of a decent gaming chair ($780/yr)! The global pay disparity is so ridiculous it hurts my soul! This is what happens when your salary is based on your geographical location rather than your actual output. That contribution graph difference is the digital equivalent of one person casually watering a single houseplant while the other is frantically maintaining the entire Amazon rainforest!

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