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		skerit on May 11, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Babel is used by millions, so why are we running o... Is that before or after taxes? In Belgium, a self employed freelancer earning only 90.000 dollars a year (73.000 euros) is really not that much.

drawfloat on May 11, 2021 [–]

That's still far from "not that much". You're not gonna be buying a jet anytime soon, but it's far and above the 20-30k many developers outside of city centres get stuck on.

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