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I believe the better question is why US salaries are so high

• aantix 5y ago
  Scalability of work? The work of a few engineers can support a workflow of a million users. That spending $1 on engineering can bring in $10 of revenue.
  • ahtihn 5y ago
    Is that work somehow less scalable when done in Germany?
    • ushakov 5y ago
      FAANG targets global audience, German companies target primarily Germany/Switzerland/Austria
    • aantix 5y ago
      The U.S. has the consumer products that have reached global scale. And they probably want to deal only with engineers from the U.S. for legal reasons. And up until recently, they’ve only hired in the Valley. Finding qualified distributed system engineers with that funnel would definitely reduce the pool to several thousands.
• caskstrength 5y ago
  > I believe the better question is why US salaries are so high Why wouldn't they be? US companies that drive up the salaries are extremely profitable and they compete for limited pool of engineers.