From what I know of the UK, professionals, executives, and the professional service sector are some of the best compensated roles. This may be the case for any

From what I know of the UK, professionals, executives, and the professional service sector are some of the best compensated roles. This may be the case for any EU economy with a burgeoning financial service sector, too. It’s a similar story in NYC though the city has more and more developer presence than 10 years ago. The more your SWE role can look like that of an auditor, accountant, management consultant, or financier, the more you will be valued. (Literally: valued.) I think the traditional solution along these lines is to become a contractor, which I don’t think is out of line with the reasons given here for why US entrepreneurialism is so well paid.