Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2018)

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pnagele ◴[04 Jul 18 14:12 UTC] No.17457353[source]▶

>>17442187 (OP) #

Responsibilities and tasks will include • Design and implementation of features for the Wikitude SDK for Android • Maintain and update relevant Android sample apps • Contribute to Wikitude SDK core features (C++) • Working on the next generation of augmented reality for mobile devices (smart-glasses,...)

More details: https://www.wikitude.com/about/jobs-career/software-engineer...

Location: Salzburg, Austria in the center of Europe has a great quality of living. Salzburg lies directly at the gate to the Alps. Within 25 mins you can reach great mountain areas as well as beautiful lake side. The vicinity to Munich and Vienna make it easy to travel abroad. Costs of living are way lower compared to Silicon Valley (I know the salary range looks ridiculous to someone from the US - however salary@Wikitude is above Austria industry average).

To apply send your CV and cover letter to jobs@wikitude.com Phil - CTO, Wikitude - happy to answer any questions

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1. zerr ◴[10 Jul 18 21:57 UTC] No.17502562[source]▶

>>17457353 #

One question regarding the salary (seems similar to Spain, Portugal) - how does it compare to such "low-income" professions (e.g. in US) such as taxi driver in your country?

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2. tom_mellior ◴[11 Jul 18 13:41 UTC] No.17506737[source]▶

>>17502562 (TP) #

The lower range given here (33k) is pretty much the legal minimum for software development for an absolute beginner.

Collective agreement in English: https://www.wko.at/branchen/information-consulting/unternehm... Updated numbers for 2018 (in German): https://www.wko.at/branchen/information-consulting/unternehm...

The relevant column is presumably ST1 ("specific tasks 1"), in several categories according to experience. The given numbers are a "monthly" salary paid 14 times per year, so the absolute minimum per year is 14 * 2.273 = 31822 Euro per year. If they actually only give you 33k per year, that can only be "above Austria industry average" if the industry, on average, breaks the law. Which is quite possible.

Anyway, the collective agreement for taxi drivers (German: https://www.wko.at/service/kollektivvertrag/personenbefoerde...) is 1.235 Euro per "month", which would be 17k per year, and I cannot imagine that they are paid a lot more than the minimum in general. So overall it's at least twice of what a taxi driver would make.

Edit: It's neither specific to taxi drivers nor software developers, but Numbeo claims average monthly net salaries of 858.64 € for Lisbon and 1,781.56 € for Salzburg, so you might be mistaken about this being comparable to Portugal. https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?cou...

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3. zerr ◴[11 Jul 18 14:16 UTC] No.17507083[source]▶

>>17506737 #

I mean, I see quite small figures in these countries and it makes me think that software engineering in general is not considered as a significantly high-paid profession in general. i.e. in my country, programmer makes 6 to 10 times or more, compared e.g. to taxi driver.

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