If you're a European, chances are you earn 1/6th of the salary of an equivalently skilled American in tech. That's why they want to move. Europe screws tech w

If you're a European, chances are you earn 1/6th of the salary of an equivalently skilled American in tech. That's why they want to move. Europe screws tech workers. Would you trade better politics, as you perceive, for millions of dollars less in retirement when considering compounding investments? In fact, Europeans can earn substantially more money by moving to the UK or Switzerland even. EU countries are some of the worst places to be for a talented software engineer. New graduates in the US often earn more than senior-level developers in the EU.