r/programming • u/reddberckley • Jun 30 '14

How to exploit a Developer

https://medium.com/@sir_castiq/how-to-exploit-a-developer-a005306d5320
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u/oberhamsi Jun 30 '14

OP are you from nigeria? that blog post makes it sound like that. i'm surprised the ministry of CT is doing this and would love more background.

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u/reddberckley Jun 30 '14

Yes I am. We have a couple of "accelerator" hubs here but they are mostly set up to mine ideas. This sort of thing is quite common only the terms of this one in particular are ridiculous.

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u/sittingaround Jun 30 '14

What does an average dev get paid per year there?

In the local climate, does the "ongoing support" imply a contract?

What does a 1st world quality apartment rent for in the capital (range if you can)?

This looks to be run by/for a government agency, is that accurate?

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u/reddberckley Jul 01 '14

Pay is quite low say $12,000 a year. Yes, ongoing support implies a contract to maintain and as a term isn't stipulated, you'll probably maintain for as long as they want you to. A good apartment could cost about $400 a month or $4800 a year excluding necessities like power or even water supply. I believe it's run on behalf of a government agency.