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Live in the US. There's no way you'd make that kind of money anywhere else in the world as a SE.
by Avalaxy 10y ago
Live in the US. There's no way you'd make that kind of money anywhere else in the world as a SE.
- jasonkester 10y agoThis lands in the Top 5 Harmful Assumptions Developers Make About The State Of The World. It's false, and believing it can only cause you harm, since it'll affect your negotiation with for that remote gig for that US based company.
- scawf 10y agoHow is it wrong ? Where can you make that but in the US ?
- ddorian43 10y agoI have never read on this site a 250K+ wage outside of US.
- abrookewood 10y agoCIOs & CTOs make that in Australia as well - though in AU dollars. Some consultants I know make considerably more.
- jasonkester 10y agoIt's wrong because of existence disproof. Right now, there are lots of people writing software outside of the USA and billing more than $300k to do so. And the answer to your second question is "anywhere with power and internet." That is the subset of places from which one can telecommute to the USA, where there exist dozens of large software companies that hire remote staff. For that much money. Honest, no foolin'. It's sad that I find myself repeating this here so often. Nobody seems to want to believe that their industry pays as much as it does.
- scawf 10y agoThis is playing with words.. but ok, you are right.
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- ddorian43 10y agoBut they are billing to USA companies, right ? Can you tell us any country/company that provides those wages ? (most I can think would be finance in London/Australia/Switzerland)
- wwalser 10y agoThe top comment in this thread starts with "live in the US" to which this person responds that you can make the salary in question while living outside of the US with a "remote gig for that US based company." You're arguing against a point that wasn't made.
- negativezer0 10y agoPlaces like Dubai and Middle East could possibly land that sort of salary. In the UK, it's highly unlikely, only if you work for a giant corp and are seriously valuable to them could you get close to that figure. You'll probably end up having to step into a CTO type role though.
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- Avalaxy 10y agoHave you ever tried looking for a remote job in SV? I did. The results are very disappointing, almost all of those companies are looking for people on-site and are very narrow-minded about that.
- lucozade 10y agoI have had and have devs making more than 300K working for me in: + London + Singapore + Hong Kong + Tokyo Edit: and NY, Chicago and Houston but that doesn't really make my point. I have very good reason to believe (I've seen their salaries) also in: + Paris + Frankfurt + Dublin The trick is to have skills that are needed in industries that understand the value of tech and have the money to pay for it.
- borplk 10y agoCan you give some examples of the kind of skills you are talking about? I keep hearing this but no one mentions concrete examples.
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- reefoctopus 10y agoWhat industries understand the value of tech?
- nexus2045 10y agoWould be very surprised to hear any devs in Southeast Asia making that much as tech is undervalued there. Maybe in Finance.
- switch007 10y agoA dev in the UK on $300k? Full time employee? Would love to know the sector and skills.
- lucozade 10y agoFinance. Strong knowledge of derivatives trading and trading system. Usually one or more of Java, C++, Python, C#, VBA but generally less important unless they're coding quant models in which case usually need C++. Yes, fulltime. Only had one part time on that level.
- clifanatic 10y agoLive in San Francisco, actually. (Maybe NYC). Otherwise, you're not going to get there just programming.
- kasey_junk 10y agoI know people who make that salary & higher in Chicago, Austin, Dallas, Nashville, Seattle, Portland & Atlanta. I know people who approach it for a rounding error in Bloomington IN, Boulder CO, & Kansas City. You are right though, none of those people are just programming. They are all solving business problems with code.
- zn44 10y agoI know people who make it in London.