Average European salary is around $4000/month, in eastern Europe is half of that. Median is probably lower than that. Makes me want to quit visiting places like reddit where everybody claims to be making 100k+/year
All salary discussions need a cost of living context. Yes in Europe you earn a bit less but the public services are much better than in the US and one emergency (r.g. healthcare) won't ruin you as it's mostly a public system.
I'll take a Euro salary and qualify life over a FIRE-typs salary and daily fear of falling into the abyss any day.
Given the topic and the fact llm providers charge global rates, the absolute take-home money is much more relevant. Even if you live like a king on $1000/mo, 5.5 pro is still $200.
That’s what most people spend on their phone and Internet connections per month in the US. That’s what the average American family spends on just five days of food.
37% of Americans would be unable to cover a 400 usd unexpected expense* without using one or more credit cards. 13% would flat out be unable to cover it. [1]
Are you honestly saying most families would be able to justify 200 usd a month for ChatGPT?
There is a significant gap between what academics are paid across European countries, and since most top universities here are public institutions, you are right -- Eastern European government employees tend to be on the poorer side.
There are several other philosophical arguments against what you propose but I do not wish to go down that route.
Bruh, $200/m for most people in the US is also a hard "no!". That's a lot of money. Plus Anthropic isn't doing good deals with orgs that spend less than 250k a month. It's ridiculous.
For a TCS assistant professor in Eastern Europe, $200/month would be 20% of their salary.
And the situation is better, ten years ago it would have been 80%.
Average European salary is around $4000/month, in eastern Europe is half of that. Median is probably lower than that. Makes me want to quit visiting places like reddit where everybody claims to be making 100k+/year
All salary discussions need a cost of living context. Yes in Europe you earn a bit less but the public services are much better than in the US and one emergency (r.g. healthcare) won't ruin you as it's mostly a public system.
I'll take a Euro salary and qualify life over a FIRE-typs salary and daily fear of falling into the abyss any day.
Given the topic and the fact llm providers charge global rates, the absolute take-home money is much more relevant. Even if you live like a king on $1000/mo, 5.5 pro is still $200.
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Lots of people in the west can’t afford 200 a month. How rich are you?
That’s what most people spend on their phone and Internet connections per month in the US. That’s what the average American family spends on just five days of food.
You can afford five days of food, so that must mean you can also afford a Claude Max plan? What kind of logic is this?
Fwiw your comments here read to me as “I’m super rich and everyone I know is super rich too, and I can’t imagine that anyone isn’t”.
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Yes and? That's money that is already allocated. It cannot be spent on something else.
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37% of Americans would be unable to cover a 400 usd unexpected expense* without using one or more credit cards. 13% would flat out be unable to cover it. [1]
Are you honestly saying most families would be able to justify 200 usd a month for ChatGPT?
https://www.federalreserve.gov/publications/2025-economic-we...
There is a significant gap between what academics are paid across European countries, and since most top universities here are public institutions, you are right -- Eastern European government employees tend to be on the poorer side.
There are several other philosophical arguments against what you propose but I do not wish to go down that route.
Bruh, $200/m for most people in the US is also a hard "no!". That's a lot of money. Plus Anthropic isn't doing good deals with orgs that spend less than 250k a month. It's ridiculous.
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