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The problem is, the salaries in Switzerland are terrible for good software engineers. This page says 120,000 CHF for 5 years of experience. That's around $120,
by lacker 7y ago
The problem is, the salaries in Switzerland are terrible for good software engineers.
This page says 120,000 CHF for 5 years of experience. That's around $120,000 USD.
At Google, someone with that much experience is at least an L5. According to https://www.levels.fyi/ https://www.levels.fyi/ in the Silicon Valley region that gets you total comp of $360,000.
Yeah, not everyone is making Google money. But a lot of software engineers around here are, or they will be at some point during their career.
- hocuspocus 7y agoAn L5 at Google Zurich will earn almost the same as one in Mountain View, pay less taxes and have more vacation. Sure there are more high paying jobs in the Bay Area, but there are also lots of start-ups that pay pretty average salaries plus monopoly money that make the total compensation look good on paper. Assuming everyone will eventually be in the top 10% is silly.