It is not ok, but I cannot see it change soon. You can change things though for yourself at least, however, people seem to not want to change and want the gover

It is not ok, but I cannot see it change soon. You can change things though for yourself at least, however, people seem to not want to change and want the government to fix things for them. I expect that as well when I vote for a party that has this on their program, but I know it won’t happen. I have always (since begin 90s) made Silicon Valley wages in the EU, but that takes some effort; hard bargaining, being cocky (consistently overselling yourself; I am not particularly talented as a programmer but I always get paid more than most of my colleagues, including ones in management), having an agency (which made wfh possible for the past 30+ years, so I don’t need to throw my money away on renting/buying in a city), being smart with taxes, smart investing and not live in a big, expensive country or city. From my salary alone I am over Silicon Valley higher bracket earners and that’s salary. Most Silicon Valley posts say they earn $x but that’s including stock options etc. It is really more that EU people seem very risk averse and waiting for ‘things to improve’ by some type of magic. I might be a cynical old guy, but I accepted they won’t and you have to do it yourself. Which means you need to make some sacrifices to make it work more like the US but with the benefits of the EU (mostly; simply healthcare without needing insurance, free uni and working 4 days or less with a lot of vacation and still making more than most Americans). I realise you and most others here will do things to change the way you live, that is fine, but then things will remain the same and your gov or the eu gov is not going to change that. The options are already there if you search and they have always been like that in IT at least.