[HanoiLUG] [Off Topic ?] FOSS salaries in VN

[Tom Lancaster]

Lê Xuân Thảo wrote:
> Hi Tom,
> 
> I don't have any hard data either but based on supply-demand principle
> and scarcity of FOSS expert here, you certainly get paid more if your
> job requires deep FOSS knowledge. AFAIK, average salary of experienced
> employee in IT sector is 500 to 1000$ per month and a few people I
> know that work with FOSS usually have salary at upper end of that
> range.
> 

Interesting.

> Hope this help.
> 

Yes, it does. Thanks.

Sorry I can't really talk about why I'm asking this right now. Hopefully 
it will become clear later.

Tom
> On 7/1/07, Tom Lancaster <tom-hlug at grubby.net> wrote:
>> Hello LUGers,
>>
>> First, I've been on this list for months now and was convinced it was a
>> super-low traffic list... until I checked my .procmailrc. Oh well. Now
>> at least I know why I'm always the last to know.
>>
>> My first meeting was the one with the Intel guys present, but I hope to
>> make many more.
>>
>> Second, and I hope this is not too terribly off-topic:
>>
>> In the spirit of "FOSS at work" I'm wondering what typical salaries are
>> for Vietnamese FOSS experts. Given that Vietnam is a fairly strong MS
>> shop, does that mean that MySQL DBAs and Linux Admins are unwanted and
>> thus paid less than point-and-click admins? Or does the same principle
>> apply as elsewhere: admins and coders from the FOSS side are usually
>> more competent than their MSCE counterparts and as such are generally
>> paid better?
>>
>> Looking at figures on vietnamworks.com is a fairly uninstructive way of
>> finding out what quality people get paid, so if anyone has any real
>> world knowledge of this I'd love to hear about it.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Tom
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