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Salaries are half though, so it's not all roses.
by marvin 4y ago
Salaries are half though, so it's not all roses.
- hnlmorg 4y agoNot when you factor in the cost of living. Just house prices alone are drastically lower than in Silicon Valley.
- qaq 4y agoNot all jobs in US are in SV, Also in tech hubs like Dublin the prices are getting there
- hnlmorg 4y agoBut the jobs outside of Silicon Valley will generally pay less too (unless you happen to be in another tech hub, but expect the cost of living to be greater there too). So you’re literally making the same point :)
- qaq 4y agoWhile they pay less (not always) they pay better than EU one's plus taxes are lower in US.
- hnlmorg 4y agoIt’s not a competition. ;) Jokes aside, I think your details are a little biased. Plenty of European tech hubs pay competitive salaries. And I know many Americans view tax as a net loss but Europeans do actually get a bunch of services for free because of taxes. Stuff Americans have to worry about on top of their daily daily lives. It’s not really possible to compare two counties as a like for like in the way yourself and the GP were attempting to. And my point wasn’t to say Europe is better or worse than America. Just that plenty of people in European tech hubs have a very decent standard of living too. You don’t have to work in America to earn a decent wage.
- phpisthebest 4y agoHouse prices in like 90% of the US is also drastically lower than in Silicon Valley.
- hnlmorg 4y agoBut so are the local wages in IT. Which is the point that I’m making. There is a general correlation* between wages and cost of living. * please note that I’m making a generalisation about a correlation and not saying that the relationship is precisely even across all geographic locations nor domains within IT.
- qaq 4y agoVery true there is no free lunch