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Re: Ask HN: How can I calculate my market value?

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Post by rmnclmnt »

rozenmd wrote: post #44
rmnclmnt wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes and no, and it depends on your requirements: - Social security: covered by the state through social taxes (URSSAF) like employees - Benefits: you're the boss, you can be wild :) - Renting / getting a mortgage: bankers are more and more inclined to examine your situation, especially if you can provide a good track record of recurrent / constant revenue stream In any case, I agree completely with the original comme…

Oh cool! So you can just contract for international companies out of France, pay your taxes as normal, and you still get unemployment if you get fired unexpectedly?

If you are a solo contractor / business owner, indeed you cannot pretend for unemployment compensation ("chômage"). But if you care about accounting, after some time you can live off several months / years without any revenue.

One last thing: at least in France (don't other countries) you are obligated to contract for multiple clients (at least 2) per fiscal year to avoid fraudulent employment and the risk of losing a client the next day. And in this day and age, landing a new client in the IT/Software/Data/AI/whatever industry is relatively easy!

Re: Ask HN: How can I calculate my market value?

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Post by c2h5oh »

kome wrote: post #43
dmkirwan wrote: post #26

The only true measure of your market value is what people are willing to pay you. 32k seems a bit low for central Europe but it's difficult to say without a more precise location. There are easier (and less accurate) ways to assess your value. 1: Next time you hear from a recruiter, ask them what a rough range is for the role. If they won't tell you, try to gauge their reaction to your salary expectations. Say, when…

usually "central europe" is how people from post-socialist countries call eastern europe: and i guess 32k is in the high bracket there

Well, they are correct. Geographical center of Europe is in Poland.

You are confusing eastern block with eastern Europe.

Re: Ask HN: How can I calculate my market value?

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Post by c2h5oh »

Toutouxc wrote: post #47
kome wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

usually "central europe" is how people from post-socialist countries call eastern europe: and i guess 32k is in the high bracket there

> "central europe" is how people from post-socialist countries call eastern europe That was my first thought when I read that. We Czechs are especially guilty of [over]using "central", because the country is very much wedged into Germany, which is decidedly western, so I hear it pretty often. On the other hand, the European part of Russia is so huge that yes, nothing except maybe Ukraine is really on the eastern thir…

And correctly so, given that center of Europe is east of Germany - in Poland. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Europe

Re: Ask HN: How can I calculate my market value?

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Post by balfirevic »

> How can I figure out my market worth?

By interviewing and getting offers.

You might get useful data from HN too, but not without saying what country you're in - central Europe is too vague. Not to pick on you too much, but why on earth would you exclude that from the original post?

Re: Ask HN: How can I calculate my market value?

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Post by kome »

c2h5oh wrote: post #52
kome wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

usually "central europe" is how people from post-socialist countries call eastern europe: and i guess 32k is in the high bracket there

Well, they are correct. Geographical center of Europe is in Poland. You are confusing eastern block with eastern Europe.

no, i'm just using the common definition that everybody use in (old) europe

Re: Ask HN: How can I calculate my market value?

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Post by mike_k »

kome wrote: post #43
dmkirwan wrote: post #26

The only true measure of your market value is what people are willing to pay you. 32k seems a bit low for central Europe but it's difficult to say without a more precise location. There are easier (and less accurate) ways to assess your value. 1: Next time you hear from a recruiter, ask them what a rough range is for the role. If they won't tell you, try to gauge their reaction to your salary expectations. Say, when…

usually "central europe" is how people from post-socialist countries call eastern europe: and i guess 32k is in the high bracket there

I would be very surprised if that is the real "high" point there. Maybe, the country is very small or lacks tech universities & engineering/math "tradition". Tax systems are very different in the region, but with 6 years or experience and intermediate/advanced English even in Ukraine capital the median is $54K, while the third quartile is $66K. Those are NET numbers for contractor-type empoloyment, though. According to the very latest salary widget here: https://dou.ua/salary-widget-test/?period=2021-12&position=S...
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