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...what I think you are mixing up "nobody want to program in Europe" with "nobody wants to program for peanuts in Europe"
by mciancia 4y ago
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I think you are mixing up "nobody want to program in Europe" with "nobody wants to program for peanuts in Europe"
- quonn 4y ago100k or more are not peanuts in Europe. But it's true that this may be part of the problem.
- wil421 4y agoI’ve seen a lot more sub €100k programmers respond with salaries on HN and Reddit than ones close to €100k. A quick google search says the average is 65k in Berlin and around 60k in the UK. London is probably higher for sure.
- quonn 4y agoIn Munich 90k+ seems to be common. Berlin on the other hand has lower costs of living.
- wil421 4y agoThat would explain it, I should’ve looked at Munich. I thought Berlin would be higher.
- zirgs 4y agoYou can get 50-60k EUR in Eastern Europe these days if you know what you're doing. Sure, it's not a FAANG level salary, but cost of living is low here. So I would definitely not migrate to London if they offered 60k.
- DeathArrow 4y agoYeah but 60k is not 100k.
- zirgs 4y agoYou can buy an apartment for less than 100k in those places though.
- DeathArrow 4y agoI am making far less than 100k.