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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 mschuster91 »

toyg wrote: post #27
mschuster91 wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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...).

Oh yeah, totally forgot about that one... and in case you end up broke/in debt with contracting, your personal credit score will be screwed up, too.

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

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Post by literallycancer »

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.

You can pretty much just come to Switzerland and work if you are an EU citizen, so might as well be.

Zurich has probably the best ratio of earning potential to COL in the world (for the average person, not necessarily for software engineers). If you are cheap/thrifty you can even go do your shopping in a neighboring country, since Switzerland is so small.

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

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Post by georgiecasey »

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.

> You call it "alt-left", I proudly call it "Antifa".

interesting line to put in your YC about

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

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Post by neoham »

Plenty of contracting roles paying £500-600/day in London, a few even up to £800 (and 'Head of'/CTO level consulting gigs hovering around £1k/day although very rare as most of those positions are perm).

I know some rather mediocre developers on £550 day rates.

For perm positions, such roles aren't too uncommon for senior/lead level devs in finance, tech consultancy (doing SAP/Salesforce work at some place like Accenture, etc) or the top tech firms - though you'll want to avoid the underpaying Shoreditch start-ups.

Does mean living in London though, where a £100k salary still barely gets you a mortgage for a 3 bed semi. Plus, £100k will soon be worth about €27 but right now it's about 1:1.

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

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Post by flotillo »

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

Looks like you hit a nerve (perhaps a somewhat guilty one) with some users.

But I was wondering similar - why does the OP feel the need to earn this much money? I suspect psychological rather than financial insecurity, given that they're already likely to be a relatively high earner.

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

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Post by mschuster91 »

georgiecasey wrote: post #33
mschuster91 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

> You call it "alt-left", I proudly call it "Antifa". interesting line to put in your YC about

Yeah, put it in some months ago, when the term "alt-left" started popping up here, I believe it was a pretty flameful thread about the limits of free speech and what's acceptable to do against Nazis...

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

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Post by [deleted] »

georgiecasey wrote: post #33
mschuster91 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

> You call it "alt-left", I proudly call it "Antifa". interesting line to put in your YC about

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

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Post by mattmanser »

Yoric wrote: post #2

I suspect that the only companies with this kind of salary in the EU are Palantir and trading companies (e.g. Jane Street). So, it kind of depends on what you're willing to do for money. I'm personally not quite enthusiastic at the idea of working for either.

Nonsense, most capital cities in the EU have contracting rates at €500+ per day.
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