Re: Results of STC India 2005 Salary Survey

["Mike O." <obie1121 -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

--- Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

> > Then those Indian companies must really, really care about their
> > employees. To match salary progression of the India survey, salary
> > after 10 years would have to be > $200K in the US.
> 
> Um, do the actual currency conversions and factor in adjusted costs
> of living.

You don't need to if you are just comparing relative levels.

I expect both the US and the Indian STC surveys are grossly accurate.
Even though there is plenty to quibble about in their methodology and
cost of living interpretation, I doubt either survey is off by an order
of magnitude. The US survey sounds about right to me.

Also, I wonder: What does it mean to have "ten years experience" in the
Indian IT industry, considering (to my understanding) that the major
expansion in India took place beginning with Y2K projects? (or am I
misinformed?) 

Mike O.

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