>$3000/Yr Yikes!

$3000 in a third world countries is too big because the cost of living is very low. In the U.S. for instance, a coffee worth $6 is only $1.8 here or PHP80. Our minimum pay here is US$8 a day but 1 liter of gasoline here is only US$.80.

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>>Every one computer academy here is teaching .NET. I can now hire a competent .NET programmer for US$ 250 a month.
>>For Java I have to pay the normal rate (US$ 1,000.00)
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>>>Working in Java is a sure fire way to lose your job to someone toting an H1B visa that will do your job for ½ - 2/3 the pay. That’s if the job doesn’t get completely outsourced.
>>>Isn’t Java the National Language of India? As far as there being a Talent sortage thats just the excuse Big firms like IBM, MS, and Indian Body shops use to justify bringing cheap labor into whatever country the lobbying in.