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graduated CMU in 2009, worked at pretty much all the big players for a spell, founded my own consulting firm in 2014 and landed some big accounts. mostly all work is remote but I keep a condo in each of the majors in case I have to be on site (and for the investment)
30, M, NYC, 120k. Firmware (C++), and some Java. I just realized how bad I'm getting boned.
Americans surely know the value of a good developer. Unbelievable how terrible the pay is in Europe. 70k-80k is a common end-of-career salary here. I once had a business partner (French) and we were launching a software-based business. He was the President, I was the CEO (leading all technical, engineering and operations management matters, that's quite a bit... he was handling the sales). I told him that as a first…
Well in Europe its very different because cost of living and quality of life/money ratio is very different. 150k are amounts made only by succesufl business people, not by employee. No matter what you do. Top notch doctors make what 50k... Its going to be higher in Germany and UK and surely switzerland. But for example even in Berlin it wont be so much bigger than in cheaper countries. I think the point is that even…
You think so? I'd go ahead and try to compare anyway, for instance https://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living/index/north-americ... vs. https://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living/index/europe - diverse as this data is, in terms of cost of living major cities on both continents seem to be roughly on par with eachother.
> The trend in bigger [European] cities now is to have a bike and ride public transport - many people dont even want a car.
Maybe it's reversing now, but it's been - at least partially - a widely purported stereotype: http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/08/its...
Besides, traffic congestion in big European cities happens to be bad beyond an average American's imagination, so not wanting a car may be forced by these dire circumstances much more than a result of "not caring that much about buying things"...
> With 150k you would be considered very very rich. Presidents and heads of state make that much in most of the european countries.
In most Western European countries
20% work from home, 401k match to 4% salary, 15 days vacation, and no one even tracks sick days unless it's 2+/mo.
Early 30s, London. I don't work in finance.
I went to a couple of well-regarded universities. This helps but definitely isn't essential. Being good with people and writing well has helped me as much as any technical skills.
200,000$ base + 9-12K yearly bonus
Working for a C series startup, same place for the last almost 6 years now.
I feel that by staying at the same company I am currently taking a 45-50K hit on my yearly salary and it's beginning to bug me.
Male, 33, 8 years of experience, 24k EUR in my last job. (Currently trying to bootstrap a personal proj.) Lisbon, Portugal.
Male 34 years old. San Jose CA. 3 kids (6, 4, 1) ~12 years experience. 200,000$ base + 9-12K yearly bonus Working for a C series startup, same place for the last almost 6 years now. I feel that by staying at the same company I am currently taking a 45-50K hit on my yearly salary and it's beginning to bug me.
Are we just in a bubble is what I'm saying or is software still a valid thing to get into with the expectation that, if one is particularly good, they'll be able to earn that much in 10 years?
-24 year old, Oakland, learning to code for the past few months