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I don’t think you can use raw salary in that comparison, it ignores cost of living differences

• balfirevic 7y ago
  It doesn't matter, the difference is not enough, and the developer in SF is still much better off.
  • Aeolun 7y ago
    The developer in SF might be financially better off, but the developer in Berlin is better off in general.
    • gigatexal 7y ago
      Yeah I mean of course I’d like to make 250k and have huge stock options I’m just not that caliber of developer yet. But for devs that are and live in Germany (this has come up with my former German colleagues— whom I still consider friends) they are cognizant of the salaries of their American counterparts but the benefits of healthcare and the transit system and the access to all the good food and other European countries I think is a big win for them. I might be projecting but they could move their families to the states and take jobs with any of the big tech companies, my former teammates could, but they won’t. There’s such a thing as good enough income, and given that a lot is provided for here I understand that now, too.
    • mrpopo 7y ago
      The developer in SF will be financially better off thanks to policies that have worsened inequalities more than in any other developed countries.
      • gigatexal 7y ago
        Sure but if devs were paid half but then the other half went to healthcare or more lucrative unemployment insurance etc perhaps the cost of living in SF and the surrounding areas wouldn’t be so great... as a free market economist by training I can’t believe I’m saying this I just know that for the vast majority of us not in the 1% of their fields when we get let go having these safety nets is really nice.