This is simply not true in Bangalore (I don't know about Hyderbad/ pune). (I've been living "decently" in Bangalore for the last 15 years). But hey if you can manage it, good for you.
"entry level salary for software engineer in an ordinary company is $5000 per annum."
people being hired out of college campuses (in other words n their first job) $10,000 - $12500 these days - and that too for the generic body shopping companies.
Government jobs (often with free housing and other perks) get you 5000 $/annum as a starting rate. Software jobs pay considerably more. If you are getting 5000$/ year for programming, you are significantly underpaid.
For anyone planning to come to Bangalore with 5k$, be warned, you will be scraping by. So, unless you plan to live very (VERY) cheap , iow "roughing it" , plan on about 10,000 $/ year for Bangalore. Bangalore is arguably the most expensive place to live in India (Some parts of Bombay are costlier).
I have had many expat friends stay in Bangalore for long periods. I just chatted with a couple of them as I was writing this post and they agree that 10k is enough for a decent (not great) year in Bangalore fr a year.
My advice, talk to someone who's relocated here from the USA and stayed a year or more and let them fill you in (vs getting dubious advice from a forum, even HN).
This is simply not true in Bangalore (I don't know about Hyderbad/ pune). (I've been living "decently" in Bangalore for the last 15 years). But hey if you can manage it, good for you.
"entry level salary for software engineer in an ordinary company is $5000 per annum."
people being hired out of college campuses (in other words n their first job) $10,000 - $12500 these days - and that too for the generic body shopping companies.
Government jobs (often with free housing and other perks) get you 5000 $/annum as a starting rate. Software jobs pay considerably more. If you are getting 5000$/ year for programming, you are significantly underpaid.
For anyone planning to come to Bangalore with 5k$, be warned, you will be scraping by. So, unless you plan to live very (VERY) cheap , iow "roughing it" , plan on about 10,000 $/ year for Bangalore. Bangalore is arguably the most expensive place to live in India (Some parts of Bombay are costlier).
I have had many expat friends stay in Bangalore for long periods. I just chatted with a couple of them as I was writing this post and they agree that 10k is enough for a decent (not great) year in Bangalore fr a year.
My advice, talk to someone who's relocated here from the USA and stayed a year or more and let them fill you in (vs getting dubious advice from a forum, even HN).