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Nice money at those big American companies. In Australia, you have to become a plumber to get to those levels :-)
I more than doubled my salary moving from the UK (Bristol) to Australia (Sydney), while my living costs only went up a little higher.
I am a brown male working in India. The salaries are rounded to the nearest 100000 INR. USD values are rounded to the nearest 1000 USD. These are salaries per year . Need to emphasize this because when you see numbers like 3000 USD you may think this is per month. No it is indeed 3000 USD per year. When there are stocks involved, only the stocks that vest per year is included as part of the yearly salary. 2003 - 0 YO…
How many hours do you work per week? How many days off per year?
The days off per year in my current job is just like any other company in India. Apart from 104 weekends and 10 government holidays, there are 20 vacation leaves for planned vacations and 12 casual leaves for ad-hoc personal time off. So total of 32 leaves. This has varied from job to job but the number of leaves has always remained between 28 and 34 in these jobs.
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A number on a bank statement is the map, not the territory. Money's value is what it can be exchanged for. Saving 3 times as much is merely keeping up.
I think the implication in the comment above yours is that you can save up at 3 times the rate, and then move to somewhere it is cheaper to live with your extra savings.
Is it really worth it to take a crap standard of living in SF over several years for, what, $5000/year in investment income?
Nice money at those big American companies. In Australia, you have to become a plumber to get to those levels :-)
The pay rates for tradies in Australia is phenomenal. If I had kids, I'd be encouraging them to become electricians, not software engineers. Even a lot of unskilled jobs pay really well in Australia. I have a friend who works for Aldi in their distribution centre as a general worker, and he's on $35 per hour (only 6 hour shifts though, I think), plus when he's rostered on Sunday he goes up to $70 an hour. Anecdotally…
The pay tends to start off a lot lower here compared to the hot spots in the US but somewhat catches up from what I’ve seen.
Bachelor's degree 2012 1) 2012-2014: Firmware engineer in Romania for Automotive sector $14K Master's degree 2014 2) 2014 - 2016: Firmware engineer in Austria for Semiconductor sector $50K 3) 2016 - 2018: Firmware enginner in Austria for IoT in Retail electronics $59K
I am a brown male working in India. The salaries are rounded to the nearest 100000 INR. USD values are rounded to the nearest 1000 USD. These are salaries per year . Need to emphasize this because when you see numbers like 3000 USD you may think this is per month. No it is indeed 3000 USD per year. When there are stocks involved, only the stocks that vest per year is included as part of the yearly salary. 2003 - 0 YO…
Just to clarify, salaries in India differ VASTLY across companies, FAANG or otherwise, depending on whether the org looks at the India center as a cost-saving measure, or as a secondary RnD center. And also, if the org is more services based (the notorious Infy/Wipro/Accenture types) or actually building products. The latter almost always pays more. I'm a non-IIT Masters graduate with 3.5 years of experience and I wo…
These days it happens in many companies that a very senior folk with 10+ years experience makes something like 2000000 INR (28000 USD) but a fresh college undergraduate is made an offer that is 3000000 INR (41000 INR). It sounds contradictory and pisses the senior folks off but that's the reality of the Indian IT market today.
I am a brown male working in India. The salaries are rounded to the nearest 100000 INR. USD values are rounded to the nearest 1000 USD. These are salaries per year . Need to emphasize this because when you see numbers like 3000 USD you may think this is per month. No it is indeed 3000 USD per year. When there are stocks involved, only the stocks that vest per year is included as part of the yearly salary. 2003 - 0 YO…
Do you have a Masters degree? If yes, may I ask from which university?
2016 - IT Support - 60000 AUD - Merit increase - 1200 AUD Profit share
2017 - Software Engineer - 65000 AUD - New role, New team same company - 1500 AUD Profit share
2018 - Software Engineer - 80000 AUD - Pay match job offer - 2500 AUD Profit share
Some rough numbers from Australia, these are all pre-tax which is roughly 3572$ + 33% of (Pay - 37000$)
I am a brown male working in India. The salaries are rounded to the nearest 100000 INR. USD values are rounded to the nearest 1000 USD. These are salaries per year . Need to emphasize this because when you see numbers like 3000 USD you may think this is per month. No it is indeed 3000 USD per year. When there are stocks involved, only the stocks that vest per year is included as part of the yearly salary. 2003 - 0 YO…
Does your current employer pay you in rupees? If yes, that’s so great!! Do you have a Masters degree? If yes, may I ask from which university?
I don't have a Masters degree.
I cannot share which university to keep my privacy. But I am not from IIT, NIT, or any top state college. Basically I am not from any Tier 1 university or college. My university must be Tier 2 or Tier 3.