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There is no shortage because across the board wages are rising much slower than inflation. Considering software developers specifically: The wages in Europe ar
by sprash 4y ago
There is no shortage because across the board wages are rising much slower than inflation. Considering software developers specifically: The wages in Europe are much lower than in the US. We are talking about less than 50% after taxes. And in Germany wages for software developers are even lower than UK, Netherlands, Scandinavia, Switzerland and even parts of France (Paris). Conclusion: there is no shortage of software developers in Germany. Not by a long shot.
- weatherlite 4y agoIF there is a shortage, which I agree there probably isn't, it is exacerbated by relatively low salaries that keeps Europeans from entering the field. Why become a software engineer in Germany? Unless you make it into FAANG you are not much better off than becoming a schoolteacher yet you get none of the benefits like job security and long holidays. Schoolteachers don't become "old" when they turn 40. I wouldn't bother with software development in Europe it is not a great career path. European companies can fetch cheap workers from the 3rd world really easily and the next step is to simply hire them remotely. The ones who make decent wages in European tech are only managers or scrum masters, never the people who actually write the code.