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I was going to say UK!

by substation13 4y ago

ChuckNorris89 4y ago
I doubt it, London tech wages, especially in the City, beat everything else in the EU.
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- maccard 4y ago
  And are still lower than most places in the US.
  - ChuckNorris89 4y ago
    Sure, but let's compare apples to apples (UK to EU) as US is unique in being the world leading economy.
  - fnord123 4y ago
    I dont have enough karma to reply to my sibling comment: > Sure, but let's compare apples to apples (UK to EU) as US is unique in being the world leading economy. EU has a higher GDP than the US and is therefore the world leading economy.
    - ChuckNorris89 4y ago
      The EU is not a single united market like the US is. Sure, you can bunch the countries together and get high GDP number but that's not an Apples to apples comparison with the US as every EU country has it's own completely different languages, economy, political and economic agenda, culture, market, legal and tax system, and local issues plus high levels off autonomy from the EU. The EU is not the United States of Europe therefore cannot compete with the US toe to toe as it's not 300 million people speaking the same language and having the same culture and laws, but 300 million people spread across 27 countries, speaking 24 official languages, with little overlap in laws and culture from end to end, that's why there are no successful software giants that came out of Europe and there's no EU military.
      - maccard 4y ago
        > The EU is not a single united market like the US is The US is not a single united market. Each state has it's own economy, political and economic agenda, culture, market, legal and taxes, and local issues. > that's why there are no successful software giants that came out of Europe. this is just false. There are plenty of succesful european software giants , and there are numerous "unicorns" too; Spotify being the textbook example. There's an absolutely booming video games industry, Fintech and crypto (not my thing but can't argue there's no money in it) have very very solid bases across the EU too. There's no single reason as to why the US has a stronger software market than the EU, but I would put money on it being "it's where the money already is".
        ChuckNorris89 4y ago
        What I took form your reply is that you don't understand the difference between how the US and EU differ economically, culturally and politically and what impact that has on the EU vs US tech sectors, nor are you willing to listen to arguments, yet you insist there's no difference between the US and the EU. Therefore to end the argument here and save my sanity, I'll stop replying to you. Have a good day sir.
      - fnord123 4y ago
        > The EU is not a single united market like the US is. You made the comparison between US and EU, so it's in play. QED.
        ChuckNorris89 4y ago
        I compared them to show they're not in the same ballpark. But whatever, you pick what you want to hear.
    - tpush 4y ago
      ?? No it's not. The US's GDP is higher than the EU's and per-capita massively so.
      - fnord123 4y ago
        EU ~16t, US ~15t
- mejutoco 4y ago
  In my experience London tech wages are not specially high unless they are linked to finance. IMHO Switzerland salaries are the highest in EU (although cost of living there is very high).

I was going to say UK!

ChuckNorris89 4y ago

I doubt it, London tech wages, especially in the City, beat everything else in the EU.

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maccard 4y ago
And are still lower than most places in the US.
- ChuckNorris89 4y ago
  Sure, but let's compare apples to apples (UK to EU) as US is unique in being the world leading economy.
- fnord123 4y ago
  I dont have enough karma to reply to my sibling comment: > Sure, but let's compare apples to apples (UK to EU) as US is unique in being the world leading economy. EU has a higher GDP than the US and is therefore the world leading economy.
  - ChuckNorris89 4y ago
    The EU is not a single united market like the US is. Sure, you can bunch the countries together and get high GDP number but that's not an Apples to apples comparison with the US as every EU country has it's own completely different languages, economy, political and economic agenda, culture, market, legal and tax system, and local issues plus high levels off autonomy from the EU. The EU is not the United States of Europe therefore cannot compete with the US toe to toe as it's not 300 million people speaking the same language and having the same culture and laws, but 300 million people spread across 27 countries, speaking 24 official languages, with little overlap in laws and culture from end to end, that's why there are no successful software giants that came out of Europe and there's no EU military.
    - maccard 4y ago
      > The EU is not a single united market like the US is The US is not a single united market. Each state has it's own economy, political and economic agenda, culture, market, legal and taxes, and local issues. > that's why there are no successful software giants that came out of Europe. this is just false. There are plenty of succesful european software giants , and there are numerous "unicorns" too; Spotify being the textbook example. There's an absolutely booming video games industry, Fintech and crypto (not my thing but can't argue there's no money in it) have very very solid bases across the EU too. There's no single reason as to why the US has a stronger software market than the EU, but I would put money on it being "it's where the money already is".
      - ChuckNorris89 4y ago
        What I took form your reply is that you don't understand the difference between how the US and EU differ economically, culturally and politically and what impact that has on the EU vs US tech sectors, nor are you willing to listen to arguments, yet you insist there's no difference between the US and the EU. Therefore to end the argument here and save my sanity, I'll stop replying to you. Have a good day sir.
    - fnord123 4y ago
      > The EU is not a single united market like the US is. You made the comparison between US and EU, so it's in play. QED.
      - ChuckNorris89 4y ago
        I compared them to show they're not in the same ballpark. But whatever, you pick what you want to hear.
  - tpush 4y ago
    ?? No it's not. The US's GDP is higher than the EU's and per-capita massively so.
    - fnord123 4y ago
      EU ~16t, US ~15t
mejutoco 4y ago
In my experience London tech wages are not specially high unless they are linked to finance. IMHO Switzerland salaries are the highest in EU (although cost of living there is very high).