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Expecting to be fairly compensated for your labor is not "entitlement."

• krebs_liebhaber 6y ago
  Why are American programmers so much more "fairly compensated" than Europeans?
  • etripe 6y ago
    Market valuation is based on perceived need over actual need. In my experience, European companies tend to think they need management types - middle managers, project leaders, etc - more than they need IT (of any flavour).
  • flurben 6y ago
    There are numerous reasons, but the most important one is that American tech firms are better-capitalized than European tech firms. Europe has the individual talent, but their capital markets tend to be sclerotic and risk-averse, and in the case of certain countries, protectionist as well.
  • TeMPOraL 6y ago
    Because we accept working for less :). Ultimately, if there are no other constraints interfering, the pay will gravitate towards being as low as workers are willing to accept (which ultimately is a function of costs of living). In a way, every developer that feels "entitled to" high salary is contributing towards keeping the programmer salaries high, so it's in our all our interests to keep asking for more, not less :).