Simon Rodrigues

@jburnmurdoch Sorry but this last debt chart without explanation simply doesn’t make any sense. The figures you pull also don’t jive with latest publicly available data. A simple Google search shows US debt is 1.5-2x higher than your numbers.

Oh, and a bonus chart that I think will fry a lot of people’s brains and break a lot of narratives: For all the talk of six figure costs of college in the States, here’s how much debt graduates leave university with in the UK and US vs other countries

NEW: we need to talk about UK graduate wages, and the idea that Britain sends too many people to university. American readers should stick around for the UK/US comparisons 👀 Let’s start with this: the UK graduate wage premium has fallen substantially over the last 25 years

Had the privilege to participate on a Content Creation panel alongside incredible actors in the LatAm tech ecosystem yesterday. We discussed the power of the #selfie on social media — so here we go: #MexicoTechWeek

“Creativity is a muscle, not magic” -@_simonrodrigues LatAm Tech Content Creator Panel #MexicoTechWeek

DAY 2 of @MexicoTechWeek: Looking forward to moderating the LatAm Tech Content Creators Panel by La Neta del VC @NataliaGonzVela 🚀 See friends soon 💕 Cc @NidoVentures @withkhora @_simonrodrigues

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The report looks at +500 devs around the entire region, with a concentration in Brazil and Argentina. For more, visit @nexton's website.

If you're trying to attract or retain devs, it's super clear what they want: Holiday and remote working. Career growth has dropped off, seemingly because the contraction is dampening internal growth opportunities.

LatAm's development talent is a hugely attractive outsourcing option for US-based tech companies. 👨🏽‍💻 The region may be rising, but mass layoffs created an avalanche of talent supply. So how are salaries faring? The 5 best charts from @nexton 's latest compensation report 🧵

Mercado Libre’s fintech unit is surging despite this year’s chop. 💸 Not only are the indicators moving in the right direction, but the fintech has been increasing the automation of its underwriting function. It’s still a long way off from competing with the consumer lending of Nubank in places like Mexico, but sometimes, slow is smooth and smooth is fast.

That's huge progress, but there's still a significant gap to the men. In 2022, FIFA paid out $440mn to the men -- nearly triple what the women will get. The Men's Champion took home $38mn. That's more than all of the Women's teams that made it out of the group stage combined.

For the first time, individual players will receive compensation directly from FIFA, too. These are the individual payouts: Group stage: $30k Round of 16: $60k Quarter-Finalist: $90k 4th: $165k 🥉: $180k 🥈: $195k 🥇: $270k

Prize money for the Women's World Cup will be a record $152mn - 3x the last WC, 10x since 2015. Here's how each country will get paid out in '23: Group stage: $1.6mn Round of 16: $1.9mn Quarter-Finalist: $2.2mn 4th: $2.5mn 🥉: $2.6mn 🥈: $3mn 🥇: $4.3mn h/t @BloombergLinea_