> There are plenty of well paid tech jobs in Europe. The point was about letting working class people grow into middle class, i.e. accumulate some wealth by wo

> There are plenty of well paid tech jobs in Europe. The point was about letting working class people grow into middle class, i.e. accumulate some wealth by working at these jobs. It's much more difficult to do in Europe than in the US. First the tax system that is progressive on income, but not on net worth, that makes it increasingly hard to get richer by having good income. Second property prices are high and growing faster than income normally does. And finally as you've noticed these jobs are just not as well paid as in the US - basically it's the same grade as other office jobs (except managers and lawyers, these are paid much better)