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On the other hand, good to hear about. Our team had 8 Europeans (including me), and while 6 of them left after Brexit (including me), I know a few people who ar
by guitarbill 8y ago
On the other hand, good to hear about. Our team had 8 Europeans (including me), and while 6 of them left after Brexit (including me), I know a few people who are still on the fence. Life has largely gone on as normal, and the lack of talent has driven compensation up * . But unless you're a contractor making hay while the sun shines, it's good to keep things like this in mind.
* also helps that a lot of business expenses, such as hardware, are USD, so GBP losing value hasn't affected dev salary budgets much
- contravariant 8y ago>also helps that a lot of business expenses, such as hardware, are USD, so GBP losing value hasn't affected dev salary budgets much I don't quite understand, wouldn't a falling GBP make expenses higher?
- richardwhiuk 8y agoIf you are paid in USD, and expenses are in USD, then the GBP salary budget looks better.
- guitarbill 8y agoRight, a lot of multi-national budgets are USD, so even if you aren't directly "paid in USD", that's what the beancounters see. And of course, you can always simply pass on the price increase to the customer, e.g. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/10/24/microsoft_price_rises/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/10/24/microsoft_price_ris...
- Lio 8y ago> ....and while 6 of them left after Brexit (including me), I know a few people who are still on the fence. Life has largely gone on as normal, Brexit hasn't happened yet, so it's too early to say if life will go on as normal or not.