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It depends on what you're optimizing for long-term as a member of the software industry. Pure monetary compensation? The US remains the only place where salarie
by quixoticaxolotl 5y ago
It depends on what you're optimizing for long-term as a member of the software industry. Pure monetary compensation? The US remains the only place where salaries for junior developers begin in the early six figures and climb higher with career progression. Security of living? Probably not. A culture of entrepreneurship and a support network for your own entrepreneurial desires? Yes.
Overall, I would say this is a great place to start a career as a foreign national but far from a perfect place to retire or even raise a family, unless you happen to be quite well off by that point.
- ballenf 5y agoSalaries for junior devs in the US start at 60k in some areas of the US.
- pc86 5y agoIf you have no portfolio, no previous work to show, come from a no name school or don't have a degree, or did very poorly in school, you're absolutely, 100% right. If you know the fundamentals, you can code, and you can answer LeetCode-style questions in an interview setting, $80-100k with minimal or no experience is certainly doable.
- barbazoo 5y agoSalaries mean nothing if you don't take into consideration cost of living.