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It's 2023, best talent in tech works from home anyway. A developer in Stockholm would rather work for a corp from Delaware for $200k as a contractor than for a
by golergka 4y ago
It's 2023, best talent in tech works from home anyway. A developer in Stockholm would rather work for a corp from Delaware for $200k as a contractor than for a local company where he would be lucky to make $70k post-tax.
- rvense 4y agoIs this something you have first-hand experience of? I'm in Copenhagen and that's really not what it looks like.
- golergka 4y agoThe first part, yes. I'm currently in Israel, and although tech salaries here can be quite high, the overall comparison with remote US positions still works the same way.
- akvadrako 4y agoIt's not hard to find contractor jobs making $200k in the Netherlands; that's about 100 EUR per hour, which is mid-market. The average non-contractor salary is much lower and it's rare to find startups hiring contractors, I assume since they don't have as much money.
- golergka 4y agoIs 100 EUR per hour mid market for contractor jobs that keep you in full employment for years, offer stock options and PTO and are actually a regular job in everything but the name and taxes? Because that's what I meant by “contractor” in my original comment. Should have explained it right away, my bad.
- akvadrako 4y agoAll of that except stock options.