Ask HN: Those in Europe making €100K+ annually, what is your job like?

#1

Post by aalhour » Tue, Jul 04, 2017, 10:21 PM UTC

For those who make €100K+ annually in Europe, where are you based? Where do you work? What is your position? And what is your job like?

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#2

Post by miguelrochefort » Tue, Jul 04, 2017, 10:39 PM UTC

crickets chirp

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#3

Post by simon83 » Tue, Jul 04, 2017, 10:48 PM UTC

There is no one in Europe making €100K+ annually.

Just kidding... at least I don't know anyone personally. But maybe the Head of R&D of the company I work for could be close to that mark, at least he's driving a Porsche.

Yeah.. not useful I know, sorry.

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#4

Post by Tade0 » Tue, Jul 04, 2017, 10:48 PM UTC

I guess it's not much of a thing in Europe, because here instances of places where real estate prices are as insane as in SV are pretty rare.

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#5

Post by k__ » Tue, Jul 04, 2017, 10:55 PM UTC

I don't, but I probably could by doing x1,5 or x2 freelance work I do right now.

But I don't think it's worth my free time.

Re: Ask HN: Those in Europe making €100K+ annually, what is your job like?

#6

Post by fvdessen » Tue, Jul 04, 2017, 10:56 PM UTC

Belgium, self-employed. Full-stack engineer. Doing consulting work for various companies & other personal projects. Job's pretty good, paperwork is hell.

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Post by ltgruber » Tue, Jul 04, 2017, 10:56 PM UTC

100K/year after or before income taxes ? I'm almost there, but BEFORE taxes. Data-mining & applied math researcher, working remotely from France for a US/Chinese biotech company. Job is nice, paperwork is ok, it's mostly automated.

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#8

Post by curiousgal » Tue, Jul 04, 2017, 10:57 PM UTC

simon83 wrote: post #3

There is no one in Europe making €100K+ annually. Just kidding... at least I don't know anyone personally. But maybe the Head of R&D of the company I work for could be close to that mark, at least he's driving a Porsche. Yeah.. not useful I know, sorry.

A quant in London probably makes at least that much.

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#9

Post by ig1 » Tue, Jul 04, 2017, 10:57 PM UTC

In London €100K is roughly the ballpark I'd expect a salaried senior engineer or data scientist to earn or more generally any VP level role at a mid-tier startup.

If you're contracting a mid-level engineer can normally command ~500/day.

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#10

Post by NicoJuicy » Tue, Jul 04, 2017, 10:58 PM UTC

fvdessen wrote: post #6

Belgium, self-employed. Full-stack engineer. Doing consulting work for various companies & other personal projects. Job's pretty good, paperwork is hell.

Belgium also, "bijberoep" though. What dev languages are you using?