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Top jobs are still and will continue to be where the money is. And most money is in the US, London, Amsterdam, Dublin, etc. The devs who earn salaries at the th
by ChuckNorris89 6y ago
Top jobs are still and will continue to be where the money is. And most money is in the US, London, Amsterdam, Dublin, etc. The devs who earn salaries at the those levels but working in lower CoL cities are a drop in the ocean among the total worldwide dev population.
Most devs earn wages relative to their local market/CoL. The few that earn way above are the exception that proves the rule.
Sure, offshoring has had an impact, but the best jobs stay close to home where the money and the C-suite is.
- Graffur 6y agoI am in Dublin - am I just missing these high paying salaries? I don't switch jobs much so it could be the case that I am.
- ChuckNorris89 6y agoI was being relative. Of course you're not gonna make US salaries but tech salaries in Dublin are super high compared to Austrian ones for example due to the huge number of available tech companies you have there, especially from the US.
- sublimefire 6y agoI'm in Ireland as well. I've heard a couple of examples of employees getting €120+k base plus €XX+ in equity. But salaries look low in various ads and otherwise quite opaque (who wants to tell you they earn 6 figures?). I think it is to do with local vs overseas capital. There was a useful European salary distribution explanation posted by Gergely Orosz (ex Uber) [1] recently. [1] https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/software-engineering-salaries-in-the-netherlands-and-europe/ https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/software-engineering-sala...
- Graffur 6y agoI'll have to try my hand at asking for higher salaries. The ad listed jobs do seem pretty low.
- golergka 6y ago> where I think now "where" is less about geographical location and more about social network and other intangible things like this.