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This may not be the case in Europe. Sw engineer profession is roughly as male dominated, but I think you'll need a msc/PhD level in EU and with that kind of dip
by makapuf 5y ago
This may not be the case in Europe. Sw engineer profession is roughly as male dominated, but I think you'll need a msc/PhD level in EU and with that kind of diploma IT pays vastly less than in US.
- throwaway894345 5y agoThis has always struck me as strange. Software is surely one of the most easily exported commodities, so surely Europeans can easily play in the same global software market as Americans and moreover, I’m of the impression that software engineers in Europe are largely unionized so one would think they’d be able to bargain more effectively for better salaries.
- detaro 5y ago> of the impression that software engineers in Europe are largely unionized That somewhat varies by country (i.e. a bunch of Swedish developers I know are, just because it's so common there for entire companies to have blanket union contracts for everyone), but in general: no.
- Ekaros 5y agoFor Finland. Even if they are unionized, the unions only set the minimum rates and very reasonably inflation raises. Ofc, there is some perks negotiated, but these really aren't too major things. With IT the actual wages are much higher than union rates, and employers will have hard time to find anyone outside fresh graduates at those rates. And this system has broken down this year, so things might go different.