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I have to echo the other comment because I am too curious: If one can make $260k instead of $65k within this system, then what is stopping him?
by albedoa 9y ago
I have to echo the other comment because I am too curious: If one can make $260k instead of $65k within this system, then what is stopping him?
- kobeya 9y agoLack of networking contacts with the kind of companies that pay such money, probably. It's not like you just push a button and get a bigger paycheck. You have to hustle to find and land the job.
- pavlov 9y agoSo you can see why the average college graduate in Finland isn't going to land a $200k/year remote job any time soon -- how would they have those networks? There are of course outliers: people who have active open source careers, etc. But for the vast majority of engineers, the prospect of a $200k remote job while staying in Finland is about as likely as becoming a professional Starcraft player.
- kobeya 9y agoWhat you call outliers I call people who did the necessary leg work.
- pavlov 9y agoBut it's not necessary in any sense of the word. You can have a very nice, balanced life in Finland as a software engineer making 4k EUR / month for a local company with steady working hours and not a lot of stress. Thanks to state-provided health and daycare services, 4k/month is a very solid wage. Or, you can try to become a $200k / year remote superstar, but what you call "leg work" is very far from the daily interactions of a Finnish college graduate. It's like deciding to become a Hollywood actor when you're just a good-looking girl in a small European town. I think you also underestimate the importance of language and co-workers. If you stay in Finland and work for a local company, most of your daily work can be carried out in native Finnish with people who live close by. Remotely working for a US company can be quite lonely (I know, I do it).