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The only true measure of your market value is what people are willing to pay you. 32k seems a bit low for central Europe but it's difficult to say without a mo
by dmkirwan 5y ago
The only true measure of your market value is what people are willing to pay you.
32k seems a bit low for central Europe but it's difficult to say without a more precise location.
There are easier (and less accurate) ways to assess your value.
1: Next time you hear from a recruiter, ask them what a rough range is for the role. If they won't tell you, try to gauge their reaction to your salary expectations. Say, when they ask, if you tell them you expect 50k and they are still willing to proceed then you can be sure that you can get a lot more than 32k.
2: Look out for salary surveys from your country (here's one from Ireland that's pretty good: https://www.morganmckinley.com/ie/ireland-salary-guide-calculator https://www.morganmckinley.com/ie/ireland-salary-guide-calcu...).
3: This is probably the least accurate; look at salaries at companies that are transparent about compensation, like Buffer: https://buffer.com/salaries https://buffer.com/salaries.
- kome 5y agousually "central europe" is how people from post-socialist countries call eastern europe: and i guess 32k is in the high bracket there
- Toutouxc 5y ago> "central europe" is how people from post-socialist countries call eastern europe That was my first thought when I read that. We Czechs are especially guilty of [over]using "central", because the country is very much wedged into Germany, which is decidedly western, so I hear it pretty often. On the other hand, the European part of Russia is so huge that yes, nothing except maybe Ukraine is really on the eastern third.
- c2h5oh 5y agoAnd correctly so, given that center of Europe is east of Germany - in Poland. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Europe
- c2h5oh 5y agoWell, they are correct. Geographical center of Europe is in Poland. You are confusing eastern block with eastern Europe.
- kome 5y agono, i'm just using the common definition that everybody use in (old) europe
- mike_k 5y agoI would be very surprised if that is the real "high" point there. Maybe, the country is very small or lacks tech universities & engineering/math "tradition". Tax systems are very different in the region, but with 6 years or experience and intermediate/advanced English even in Ukraine capital the median is $54K, while the third quartile is $66K. Those are NET numbers for contractor-type empoloyment, though. According to the very latest salary widget here: https://dou.ua/salary-widget-test/?period=2021-12&position=Senior%20SE&city=1&experience=5-6&english=3-4 https://dou.ua/salary-widget-test/?period=2021-12&position=S...