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No kidding. When I was in France I was appalled at the rates they were paying software developers. For a collection of countries that boasts better living stand
by icelancer 6y ago
No kidding. When I was in France I was appalled at the rates they were paying software developers. For a collection of countries that boasts better living standards for people, the comparative gap in pay for technical positions is absurd.
- enriquto 6y agoA junior developer cannot at all afford renting an appartment in Paris with his basis salary. For other jobs outside of software, it is even worse.
- Nextgrid 6y ago> For other jobs outside of software, it is even worse. My understanding is that it’s the opposite. Software is significantly underpaid but you can do quite well with a typical paper-pushing bullshit job.
- enriquto 6y agoAn entry-level tenured professor or a nurse at a hospital earn less than 2000 EUR per month. This gives them barely enough to rent a small room in a shared apartment.
- namdnay 6y ago> A junior developer cannot at all afford renting an appartment in Paris with his basis salary To be fair, that's the same in London or SF :)
- 121789 6y agoa junior developer in SF can pretty easily afford to rent their own apartment straight out of university. most won't, but they could.