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		robryan on Oct 8, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bread and Circuses: The State of Web App Startups That depends really, does rentacoder exist on a never ending churn of cheap labour that competes at unsustainable prices or does it actually provide people with a decent wage over the long term.

marshallp on Oct 8, 2010 [–]

What is a decent wage? 2 dollars a day is pretty good to someone previously making 1 dollar a day.

robryan on Oct 8, 2010 | [–]

Of course it is relative, I'm just saying if for example $2 a day is good where you live and your competing for $1 or something.

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