Answer: 1. Because European programmers havent rallied together to demand more 2. Because if larger companies can offshore to places like Poland and save 20-50% in a long term labor play then they will and when 4-5 large companies employ 95% of the engineers in that city, they can define salary bands and keep them where they want 3. In the US, there is a bit of a disconnect on which jobs pay what, for example a socia…
ad 1) Have US developers ever rallied together?
ad 2) can US not outsource just as easily?
ad 3)/4) disconnect or supply and demand?
Your theory does not appear very convincing.