Ask HN: How much do you make in London? • Hacker News Board

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

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Post by aprdm » Wed, Sep 28, 2016, 11:11 AM UTC

Used to make £32k at startup. 3 years of experience .

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

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Post by throooaway » Wed, Sep 28, 2016, 1:30 PM UTC

Nicholas_C wrote: post #164

spoonie wrote: post #163

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Nope - 25 days for the US (assuming >5 years employment) versus 25 days in UK.

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

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Post by ThrowAwayBlah » Wed, Sep 28, 2016, 1:34 PM UTC

Contract PM in Investment Banking IT, 20+ years experience, £800/day.

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

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Post by thecupisblue » Wed, Sep 28, 2016, 1:42 PM UTC

ThrowAwayLondon wrote: post #6

(throwaway account for obvious reasons) Web Developer in London for a dating company - £75000 pa (with bonuses it's around £110000 pa)

75k, bonuses, dating - I smell badoo. Am I right and if I am, how is it working there? Glassdoor is conflicted.

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

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Post by infinii » Thu, Sep 29, 2016, 10:16 AM UTC

This thread has me thinking whether all those claims that financial compensation isn't that important in job satisfaction is true or not. How often do we see threads asking about non-financial benefits.

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

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Post by bbcbasic » Thu, Sep 29, 2016, 6:46 PM UTC

throwawayPayLdn wrote: post #128

jbms wrote: post #106

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Those look pretty bad to someone outside London. How much travel on top of that?

I'm young, so if I'm not coding at work, I would be doing it at home most of the week. Travel is < 30 minutes each way.

But the coding at home would be your IP and you'd have no boss to tell you what tech to use.

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

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Post by zump » Fri, Sep 30, 2016, 6:48 AM UTC

LondonTA77 wrote: post #112

ASIC design, 7 years here now. £45k + bonus + pension + healthcare. Without the bonus it isn't anywhere near what you'd get in a bank, explains why so many of my university mates took their EE degrees into finance. Probably partly due to the lack of hardware jobs in the capital. I've always found the name 'Silicon Roundabout' very ironic.

Time to switch to ImgTec and get some of that Apple $

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

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Post by ldn_throwaway » Sun, Oct 02, 2016, 9:09 AM UTC

1.5 years experience, full-stack web developer at a startup (Ruby, some Go), earning £25k in Central London. I'm broke and it sucks. I've tried interviewing other places but haven't found anywhere offering above £30k.

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

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Post by eecks » Sun, Oct 02, 2016, 7:15 PM UTC

throwawaylon3 wrote: post #79

Senior Software Engineer (and manager) at Google, ~15 years experience. 100k GBP salary, plus 20% bonus and stock vesting. Gross 200k+ GBP.

Do you have the option to move to Google in the states? Would you take it if offered?

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

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Post by eecks » Sun, Oct 02, 2016, 7:18 PM UTC

thrwwyldn777 wrote: post #42

"Lead Developer" with a startup, £55k (I refused options in preference of salary). I have a PhD (4 years programming), and ~4 years professional experience as well. Previous roles: Fresh Graduate: "Developer" £28k + £3k bonus. Fresh PhD Graduate: "Senior Developer" £40k.

Do you feel like you are using your PhD being a lead developer?