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The Netherlands has a high shortage of programmers. IT students are snatched away by companies in their first or second year, and many of them are happy to drop
by aminozuur 10y ago
The Netherlands has a high shortage of programmers. IT students are snatched away by companies in their first or second year, and many of them are happy to drop out because job security at large corporations is good. Human Development Index is also very high.
I have an American friend who came here to work for Adyen (Amsterdam-based unicorn) and recently bought a house here.
- mrcold 10y agoIs that why the pay is shit? You can get a higher salary in Eastern Europe with a 5x lower cost of living. Western Europe is horrible when it comes to the software industry. Underpaid immigrants that are just happy to live somewhere with clean streets. There is no shortage. Companies are just fighting for the same set of naive students and juniors. And complain when their shit offers get refused.
- himlion 10y agoDo you think the pay is really that bad? As a dev working in Holland I've got the feeling it's at the top end for Europe. I certainly never heard that cost of living adjusted salaries are significantly higher in eastern europe.
- eecks 10y agoDo they speak English in work? I know that Dutch people have perfect English but I am wondering if it is used 100% in work.. in docs, meetings, casually, etc
- himlion 10y agodocs yes, meetings yes, casually sometimes Dutch but almost always English if there's any non Dutch speaking people around.