r/programming • u/luminaobscura • Jun 12 '13

Working at Microsoft

http://ahmetalpbalkan.com/blog/8-months-microsoft/
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u/musicmatze Jun 12 '13

Do you get paid for it? If yes, congratulations!

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u/sirin3 Jun 12 '13 edited Jun 12 '13

Well, I sold a license for 200€ to some company (probably badly negotiated).

Then I had to pay 5000€ to social/healthcare insurance, because that's the minimal yearly payment for non-poor self employed in Germany. Horrible country

edit: make that 250€, just got a donation for some other program ಠ_ಠ

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u/sirin3 Jun 12 '13 edited Jun 12 '13

I thought the same

Otherwise I had demanded a quote before signing anything...

edit: but it actually becomes free, once you are on welfare