> That coupled with fewer VCs funding “Uber for cats” ideas, there’s just not the appetite for paying devs US level salaries. That’s not why the salaries are s

> That coupled with fewer VCs funding “Uber for cats” ideas, there’s just not the appetite for paying devs US level salaries. That’s not why the salaries are so much lower. European companies are less profitable so they don’t bid up the wages of developers as much. The more money a company makes the more a productive member of staff is worth to them, so they are more willing to pay it. That drags up the market rate because everyone has to compete with the highest payers for the best devs.