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Re: Ask HN: How much do you make in London?

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Post by spoonie »

throooaway wrote: post #145
thrwaynow wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

how's this compare with your colleagues on the state side?

London Googlers get paid significantly less than their CA counterparts for the same roles.

It's not like there are zero benefits to working in the UK vs the US though. University tuition is cheaper being one example.

Re: Ask HN: How much do you make in London?

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Post by Nicholas_C »

spoonie wrote: post #163
throooaway wrote: post #145

Earlier quoted context omitted.

London Googlers get paid significantly less than their CA counterparts for the same roles.

It's not like there are zero benefits to working in the UK vs the US though. University tuition is cheaper being one example.

Way more vacation as well I would presume.

Re: Ask HN: How much do you make in London?

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Post by jjirsa »

shirlema wrote: post #151
noelwelsh wrote: post #110

I don't work in London but I know many people who do. The experience Scala developers I know who work contracts get £500-£700pd outside of banks, and £600-£900pd in the banks.

The Cassandra guys I know get at least £1K per day. They are the top of the top but you can get paid serious bank doing SMACK stack type gigs

High demand. Very small supply.

Re: Ask HN: How much do you make in London?

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Post by novapost »

Senior Systems Specialist,32k pa. This is in the North East of England. Job actually involves anything from traditional system/network admin to web development and almost everything inbetween, supplier management, procurement. Probably under paid for the roles covered but thankfully not in a major city.

Re: Ask HN: How much do you make in London?

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Post by J-dawg »

bugahdug wrote: post #119

PHP Developer in the Southwest of UK (Devon, Cornwall, Somerset etc) 25k, no bonus - and that's about average. Living here isn't the cheapest either, £600pcm for a 2 bed flat, over £1,000 a year for water. Really need to move towards the midlands (Bristol, Birmingham, Leicester, Staffordshire - cheaper rent, cheaper water, higher pay) I've been a Dev for 7+ years.

That does seem awfully low given your experience. I hope you could double that by moving to one of the places you mentioned.

Re: Ask HN: How much do you make in London?

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Post by lozette »

Peroni wrote: post #132
lozette wrote: post #85

Developer (currently at a startup) £62k, no stock but I do have a pension/healthcare. 17 years experience, initially as a general web developer, then front end, now more back end. Currently Ruby on Rails but I can turn my hand to almost anything. Not a manager, not a senior developer, not a tech lead. No desire to be. I work quite short hours (9.30-5) and that's what's most important to me.

A startup in London that has both a pension and healthcare scheme in place where you work 9.30-5? That's a pretty rare beast.

I know! I am very very lucky, and I scouted around for a long time before I found it.
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