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And that includes London, it lists "excluding London" as £65k. People overestimate how much senior devs in the UK earn, even after knowing they're not well paid, my usual response to hearing we should be earning £90k+ is, "well give us a job then"!
A friend is making about £180k / yr in London, and they bought a house recently in London. I think that's a lot, and his wife also makes a similar amount, slightly more. That seems to be the minimum, otherwise you're a renter for life. Pretty nuts.
Assuming a 90% mortgage that's 487k mortgage
That's two people on £70k each at a 3.5 multiple. £60k at a 4x multiple.
Two people on £180k would get you a £1.5m house, twice the average semi.
[0] https://landregistry.data.gov.uk/app/ukhpi/browse?from=2025-...
I was slightly disappointed when I first visited Stonehenge as the standard tours keep you fairly far away and roped off. But, I took a modestly more expensive "Inner Stones" tour a few months ago and lucked out being selected to be fully alone for a minute. It was a profound experience being in the middle of such a historic place. Highly, highly recommended!
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American eng comp is commensurate with the money American tech brings in, you could even argue underpaid
Most of the “money American tech brings in” comes from the magnificent seven. US software engineering salaries are high even outside of those. In fact, it's high even in companies that are merely burning investor's money.
vc funded companies pay high so they can grow and eventually bring in lots of money, and america has the deepest vc pockets so it reaps the rewards of the biggest exits
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Why would they "normalize"? Do you think Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, Amazon, etc. are going to relocate to the EU or something? Are all the venture capitalists going to flock to Spain? The mechanics driving compensation arent "normal." American pay is driven by the underlying mechanics. The USA didn't just randomly win at tech. There are real factors that could reduce US compensation, but calling that "normalization" a…
If demand for software developers decreases due to AI, salaries are likely to decrease as well. Take the academic world for comparison, where supply of very smart people vastly exceeds the demand.
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This, shockingly, is actually quite well paid considering for the UK. Lead Data Scientist for the UK Government is currently advertising for a salary of £57,670 - £67,500. https://www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi?jco...
That’s government. They’re notoriously underpaid.
Stonehenge! Stonehenge! Lots of stones in a row! (chor) ... And they moved it (Stonehenge!) And they dragged it (Stonehenge!) And they rolled it 46 miles from Waleeees! - Heeey (46 miles from Wales! ) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klJhWr_FTaE
"Job type Permanent" I bet they enjoyed typing that in. "5,000 years+ -- depends on you" Might be another option if it were freeform text
I’m waiting for the “Head of Skull Rock[1]” position. [1]: https://www.nps.gov/jotr/learn/nature/skull-rock-trail.htm