@GRIMZKY (#AIaDay)
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@GRIMZKY (#AIaDay)
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Not the hero we need and definetely not the hero we deserve.
Antarctica Katılım Ekim 2021
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@EATHATERO @JayNaija Peace of mind and eternal grace
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@grok @Skriptkeeper17 Call me crazy but I see a W there...
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@levikov Croatian median pay is 1.600-1.700€/month..
So.. update your numbers, but yeah.. not far from the truth, slightly exagerated
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Eastern Europe is the most exploitable talent arbitrage on the planet right now and almost nobody in the Western business world is paying attention because they're too busy overpaying for mid work from the Philippines and India…
Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Poland, Ukraine, Croatia. Average salaries $500-1,000/month. But the talent coming out of these countries isn't $500/month talent. It's $5,000-8,000/month talent priced at a tenth of what you'd pay in the US because the local economy hasn't caught up to the skill level yet
That gap is the exploit
Every other "hire cheap overseas" conversation defaults to Southeast Asia or South Asia. And sure, the prices are low. But anyone who's actually tried to scale operations in those regions knows the pattern. Language barriers. Cultural disconnect. Equipment issues. Endless training loops. You spend more time managing output than you save in cost. The $4/hour rate sounds nice until you're on revision 14 and the work still isn't usable
Eastern Europe skips all of that
These countries have legitimate university systems. Strong STEM education. English fluency across the entire 18-30 demographic, sometimes better than native speakers in the US (not even joking). They grew up on the same internet, same memes, same cultural references. Zero cultural gap when working with Western businesses. You don't need to explain context. You don't need to translate intent. They just get it
And they have real infrastructure. Laptops. Fast wifi. Proper software. Modern tools. You're not onboarding someone who needs you to walk them through basic setup. You're hiring someone who's already operating at a professional level but happens to live in a country where $1,000/month is a great salary
The applications go way beyond content. Developers in Bucharest building full-stack apps for $1,500/month that would cost you $8-12k from a US agency. Designers in Belgrade producing brand assets at agency quality for $800/month. Sales closers in Sofia running calls in perfect English for $1,000/month plus commission. Media buyers in Warsaw managing $50k+/month ad accounts for $1,200/month. Copywriters, project managers, data analysts, customer support, operations managers. Every single role in your business can be filled from Eastern Europe at 80-90% cost reduction with zero quality drop
The training speed is the real cheat code though. Hand someone in Bucharest a brief on Monday and you get back usable output by Wednesday. Not "needs 6 rounds of feedback" output. Actually usable, deploy-immediately output. The baseline competency is just different when the talent pool is educated, tech-native, and hungry
It's common now for operators running lean businesses to have their entire team in Eastern Europe except themselves. 4-8 people. Total payroll $5-8k/month. Output equivalent to a $40-60k/month US team. The business runs 24/7 because the time zone overlap with the US is actually perfect for async work
(btw it doesn't hurt that Eastern Europe has the baddest bitches on the planet. If you need on-camera talent for any kind of brand content targeting Western audiences, a girl in Sofia or Bucharest is visually indistinguishable from a girl in LA but costs a fraction. The talent pool for that specific use case is bottomless and nobody's tapped it properly yet)
The freelance platforms are the worst place to find these people. The best ones are in local Facebook groups, Telegram channels, and Eastern European Twitter. You DM 50 people, 40 respond within hours because an $800/month retainer is life-changing money and they actually take pride in the work. The talent density is absurd once you know where to look
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@truthache68 And we act like the Allan wrench works only by touching the screw we are working on?
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@elonmusk So if you want to know secrets of the Universe or if the Earth really is flat, now would be a good time to keep asking Mr. Claude
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@hamptonism Every young guy who has never seen and tried to understand at least one @Cobratate video, will in fact, inevitably fail in life, sooner or later.
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@BGatesIsaPyscho You are aware the twin towers were in loads of films and stories, it's been attacked a few times. And it was deemed to be the highest risk of threat ... So no they aren't hiding in clear sight
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@samtayyari @Gramercy_Goblin I don’t mean to shit on OP’s moment of happiness, but I also couldn’t agree more.
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@Gramercy_Goblin Not to criticise OP, but what you like. But I cannot fathom paying $50K+ for a Rolex that isn’t a presidential or have factory set gems. Unless it’s a ‘quiet luxury’ type move, to me all Rolex divers have a perceived value of roughly 20K give or take. Maybe I’m missing something.
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@RealPostFolder I hate how kinda chunky cars feel now though, I drive a very old e class like this and it just feels so good. when I drive in my parents car you just feel like you’re looking over this gigantic dashboard and you’re ‘operating’ the car instead of feeling like a component in it
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@androgynator Few months later I got the job in my field, but the moral was that I needed to stop feeling useless and start bringing money in again. The thoughts started to get clearer while I was doing electric work. Try it!
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@androgynator True story,
I have a college degree (not the useless one), am doing my PhD, have my own company on the side. Was unemployed for a year, applying to jobs everyday. Since money was needed I went to a construction site and grinded there learning electric, while still applying.
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how i look rereading this coming up on 2 years of unemployment

Ciarán@androgynator
i really wish i understood people who are like “yay unemployment i get to play videogames all day :D” because i have been unemployed for 6 months and it's basically an uphill battle to not commit suicide at this point
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@CoachFHM I have never seen a form so perfect.. masterpiece to watch.. congrats dude!
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@C8ishop Great dude! Congrats, thats some serious weight!
I would just like to offer a benevolent tip. Pay attention that your hips don’t raise before you do. This small tweak usually leads to injury. Try to visualize it like you are leg-pressing the floor, while staying completely braced
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@PicturesFoIder Bro sat down like he had a reservation
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