This might include people working in lumber camps in places like Siberia, "mercenaries" in Ukraine, people in NK-managed restaurants in China, Laos etc, or similar efforts that have been reported on, where the average revenue per worker is likely a lot lower.
replyMaybe some of them don't remain employed for very long.
replyI had the same thought - I guess there's additional overhead in paying the in-country proxy and probably also a lot of churn (being found out and fired, and then taking a long time to find another position).
reply5k a year could be 2 weeks of onboarding or waiting out a bureaucratic PIP process.
replyIts also possible that its a numbers game and only 2/3 succeed at getting hired.
It would be ironic if the DPRK just passes on more of the money than most contract software companies.
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