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graemep • today at 10:58 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

> Some companies in UK pay senior devs £30-35k.

That is only about 50% more than full time minimum wage!


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ChrisRR • today at 12:08 PM

Agreed. I don't know what niche of software dev that is but we pay our graduates more than that

julianlam • today at 3:57 PM

It's the reality when everybody uses AI to slop out a JD (which is only marginally better than before — where the poor sucker just human-slopped out something instead)

There are job ads in Canada for "senior" devs at non-tech shops for $70-$90k. There are signs you'd be the only dev at the shop (or one of very few)