>when I became a dad, I took 7 months of paid parental leave. The mom took 5 months. That is pretty nice. I get the sense that EU programmers though are livin

>when I became a dad, I took 7 months of paid parental leave. The mom took 5 months. That is pretty nice. I get the sense that EU programmers though are living the life of a peasant, small apartments, driving old clunkers, not being able to take lavish vacations. All the opposite is true for most senior SWEs in america, even those of us (like myself) who never worked at a FAANG or had stock options pay out. I'm talking large luxury houses, able to afford housekeepers/nannies, money to take luxury vacations. Is that really true of EU SWEs too? Or comparable?