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Not only India. It’s even Western Europe - which is generally not a low cost area. US salaries for senior/principal levels are 3-5x of what the rate is there.
by Matthias247 5y ago
Not only India. It’s even Western Europe - which is generally not a low cost area. US salaries for senior/principal levels are 3-5x of what the rate is there.
- dunefox 5y agoEven in Germany this is the case.
- djmips 5y agoAnd Canada. Just go 230 km between Seattle and Vancouver and see a 3x difference easily.
- 908B64B197 5y agoQuick question: Why don't they just... drive three hours south?
- seized 5y agoHealthcare/insurance costs, work visa and related paperwork, family in Vancouver, similar reasons.... And just not wanting to. On a work visa you can only live so long in the US before you have to leave for one full year or morr. Greencard is a lottery, you aren't entitled to one. I'm a Vancouverite who has worked in the US (flying to customer sites) for 15 years now. A coworker moved to the US, didn't get the Greencard lottery, had to move back.
- 908B64B197 5y ago> On a work visa you can only live so long in the US before you have to leave for one full year or morr. Greencard is a lottery, you aren't entitled to one. That's wrong.
- nzmsv 5y agoThey are probably thinking H1, not green card lottery. Other than that, the answer to "why don't Canadians drive 3 hours south" is "they do". The brain drain from Canadian tech is real.
- Matthias247 5y agoI'm actually in Vancouver (and moved from germany). It got a bit of a boost in the last years, and currently seems between the two. For the big tech companies I don't think 3x is true here, it's maybe somewhere between 1.6x and 2x. And it's easily more than 2x than what is paid in germany.