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How to break into 100k+ Euro salary in EU/EEA?

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Re: How to break into 100k+ Euro salary in EU/EEA?

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Post by kemerover »

mschuster91 wrote: post #13
cporios wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Google pays 120k+ for junior developers in Switzerland.

Switzerland is not in the EU as OP asked, also you spend a large chunk of the gains over Germany on higher living cost (rent, but also basic stuff like cheeseburgers is up to 3x the price of Germany). Oh and they have both a strict immigration regime as well as a huge right-wing problem, which might be another factor against moving to Switzerland for work.

>a huge right-wing problem

Or a right-wing solution if you like direct democracy and societal cohesion.

Re: How to break into 100k+ Euro salary in EU/EEA?

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Post by khedoros1 »

ris wrote: post #5

So what makes you feel you deserve to earn more than 99.93% of the world's population?

What does income have to do with what you "deserve"? And why would they have to justify it to anyone besides whoever's going to employ them?

Determination to do something is worth a lot. Even if they don't reach their goal, they could get closer to it than they are now. What's wrong with striving for something better?

Re: How to break into 100k+ Euro salary in EU/EEA?

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Post by polote »

As others said, it is very difficult, a few devs earn that in EU.

Options are :

- CTO but not early stage

- freelancing : 7 years of experience could be more than 500€ per day. And if you are in a niche, could be much more

- Remote for an american company

- I know some startups in Paris which hire at more than 100k euro but you need to be outstanding.

Re: How to break into 100k+ Euro salary in EU/EEA?

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Post by simonebrunozzi »

Sorry mate, but if you'd like some good advice from this crowd, you should spend more than 20 seconds to describe your issue and the type of suggestions you are looking for. That's probably lesson #1 in how to get to a 100k salary :)

You don't mention: where you are located; what current job you have; what's DS; what kind of dev work have you done.

Also, any github / stack overflow link, so that we can get a better sense of your skills?

Re: How to break into 100k+ Euro salary in EU/EEA?

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Post by polote »

simonebrunozzi wrote: post #24

Sorry mate, but if you'd like some good advice from this crowd, you should spend more than 20 seconds to describe your issue and the type of suggestions you are looking for. That's probably lesson #1 in how to get to a 100k salary :) You don't mention: where you are located; what current job you have; what's DS; what kind of dev work have you done. Also, any github / stack overflow link, so that we can get a better s…

I think DS is datascientist

Re: How to break into 100k+ Euro salary in EU/EEA?

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Post by toyg »

mschuster91 wrote: post #15
osrec wrote: post #11

Not sure about a salary, but contracting can comfortably let you earn that based on a daily rate. I've even seen Qlikview or Excel roles at banks in the UK that pay 600+ per day! The trick is to have a niche - look at what's hot in contracting job ads and read up about it. Get confident with the tech/software they ask for and go for a few interviews. Getting a contracting role is generally a lot easier than a permane…

Problem with contracting jobs is, depending on OPs country, they can be risky: health care costs can kill you at that salary rate (eg in Germany with its dual class health care system), contractors may not be eligible for ordinary pensions (and you might be tempted to skip over saving for retirement...) and when you're sick for more than a week (or, can't find a new project soon enough) it can burn through your entir…

In the UK, contractors are considered high-risk for mortgages and car loans. Even if you manage to lock-in a mortgage before starting your contractor career, it will make things difficult should you wish to remortgage (which is almost mandatory every 3 to 5 years, these days...).

Re: How to break into 100k+ Euro salary in EU/EEA?

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Post by toyg »

jzwinck wrote: post #14

You've asked how you can get 100k EUR per year. But you have not mentioned anything about the value you can offer for this money (unless DS means something there, I have no idea what DS is). In many companies, low-level managers don't earn that much (especially green ones, which it sounds like you would be during the time frame you specified). Companies wouldn't want to distract all their employees by offering a huge…

> unless DS means something there

I suspect it's data-scientist, which is a pretty hot field/buzzword these days.

Re: How to break into 100k+ Euro salary in EU/EEA?

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Post by api_or_ipa »

ris wrote: post #5

So what makes you feel you deserve to earn more than 99.93% of the world's population?

Considering most of HNs audience is software engineers in the Bay Area where the average salary is well north of 100k, you're making a mountain out of a molehill by raising this question.
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