Indian engineer makes $45k in 2 months doing RLHF
aniketmaurya · x · 2026-08-24
An engineer in India made $45,000 in 2 months by doing RLHF work for model providers, exceeding the annual salary of senior local engineers. The trend highlights the booming data generation market and suggests it will drive up hiring costs as companies compete for engineering talent.
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