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Are European engineers undervalued, or are American engineers overvalued?

• helge9210 4y ago
  I lived/worked in Israel (no US experience) and now live and work in Germany. I would say European engineers are adequately priced relative to the value European companies are able to derive from their work. And FAANG are just matching the market.
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• codegeek 4y ago
  It is mostly VC money or companies that need to pay that much to keep the best talent around (aka FAANGs). Most software engineers do not make 400k in the US. They just don't.
  • jstx1 4y ago
    Nobody is claiming that most people make $400k. Take the median numbers by country from the article - $187k in US vs $108k Europe - that's still a significant difference.
  • TrackerFF 4y ago
    Yes - location is key. I'd be surprised if people made FAANG salaries outside the west and east coast, and even then at quite specific locations / industries. Not sure what the pay is in emerging cities like Austin, etc.