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An Important Distinction [Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal] (www.smbc-comics.com)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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An old comic that feels oh so relevant in this tumultuous election year.

Source: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/an-important-distinction

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yes, it is profitable to work in Western economies, but current political situation often makes it outright impossible, and back in the days when it was possible it wasn’t super common - mostly due to language barrier (most Russians are not fluent in any foreign language, including English) and the culture that pressures people to stay in. Phrases like “you’re good where you’re born” are common sayings here.

what about online? Say game dev or something. I believe tarkov is russian based no? Though they have an HQ in the UK i think, for monetary purposes.

There was a thing with freelance work on international platforms that brought good money without having to leave the country, but soon after freelance economy started truly booming, Russia started the war which ended up in main payment channels being closed - and barely anyone outside IT specialists offers serious freelance work paid in crypto or by other means.

yeah, that sounds about right.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, put "online" in the basket of freelance work and expand it to company level, and you'd be about right.

Quite a few games are indeed Russian - Escape from Tarkov, Atomic Heart, Crossout are examples off the top of my head that were international bangers. But they all had to build sophisticated systems to let the money flow, and often had to make separate affiliates. This does hurt game devs a lot in the process, and make a lot of groups NOT go into those waters.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

yeah that sounds about right, thanks for the input.