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Berlin is a bit odd because of the huge changes in the last few years in companies starting offices here and the influx of VC funding. SoundCloud for example,
by tychver 9y ago
Berlin is a bit odd because of the huge changes in the last few years in companies starting offices here and the influx of VC funding.
SoundCloud for example, had a bunch of engineers earning around that. Probably all laid off now, though.
There are companies on StackOverflow jobs openly advertising €80-90k for senior developers now, and occasionally over 100k for specialist roles like ML or performance sensitive development in C++.
- kayoone 9y agoyes i am sure those salaries are possible for certain specialties in high demand, but in this case we are talking about Senior Web Developers. I think for pure devs without a lead or other management role, it's hard to get more than 75k EUR or 90k USD, and in BCN i have the feeling it is at least 10k less.
- tychver 9y agoDid you check stack overflow jobs? What people are currently earning and what people are openly offering now has diverged quite a bit just in 18 months or so. It’s hurting the smaller companies with less budget and it’ll only get worse when Google opens their big office.
- kayoone 9y agoI have recently talked to some HR people and been looking myself, so that is just the feeling that i got. You mean the Google Campus in Kreuzberg ? Will they really employ a lot of people there ? Sounded more like something similar to the Factory