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this question gets asked very often. in a sarcastic tone, most answers boil down to: - why pay more (US level) when you can pay just slightly more than the re
by gryn 5y ago
this question gets asked very often.
in a sarcastic tone, most answers boil down to:
- why pay more (US level) when you can pay just slightly more than the rest.
- a culture of viewing makers/engineering as something lower level, to make it you got to be a 'Manager' or 'Director' of something, doesn't matter what. director of mopping, regional director of moving crates, international director in charge of that small sub-section of the website no one know exists or uses...
- more money motivated people not constrained by personal circumstances just move out to where the money is.
- gorgoiler 5y agoYou are absolutely correct about engineers being looked down upon. I know the UK still refers to digital- this and digital- that, like we’re still in some magical Tomorrow’s World where computers go beep beep boop and watches and calculators have glowing red numbers on them but only when you hold down a button. It’s getting better, but the tech scene also used to be hobbled by the usual class antics of Annabels-membership-esque popularity contests. You made it on the London tech scene not when you hit $100M ARR or a $1bn exit, but when your holiday party got featured in Tatler. There is thankfully lots of serious tech outside of London’s second-fiddle-to finance bubble. You can make Google SWE salaries in Europe if you work at Goldman Sachs in London, but you can also command a decent salary if you work for many of the series Bs anywhere but London.