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I think Americans also are quite delusional about how low the European salaries are. Getting six figures in Europe isn't particularly hard anymore.
by zer0tonin 3y ago
I think Americans also are quite delusional about how low the European salaries are. Getting six figures in Europe isn't particularly hard anymore.
- 0xDEF 3y agoEurope is not one country. I live in Denmark and some of the things I have witnessed in (eastern) Germany almost felt 3rd worldish.
- badpun 3y agoProbably as hard as getting $200k in the States though... "Six figures" just aren't what they used to be.
- nxm 3y agoYes but what percentage of that ends up getting taxed?
- emptysongglass 3y agoI am European: our wages are much, much lower than our American tech counterparts, without taxes double, with taxes we're on average making a third of them. And that's same cost of living.
- zer0tonin 3y agoIt's absolutely not the same cost of living.
- emptysongglass 3y agoI don't know where you're living but in Copenhagen, yes it is, 100% the same COL as LA or Seattle.
- zer0tonin 3y agoCopenhagen is probably one of the most expensive city in Europe and hardly representative of the continent as a whole. Even then, a quick Google search estimates that cost of live in Copenhagen is 15-25% lower than Seattle/LA, without even accounting for the absurd american healthcare costs.
- unmole 3y agoTech salaries in Europe are a joke. The median IT salary in Germany is less than what I'm paid in India. That's in absolute dollar terms. Factor in the difference in cost of living and the disparity becomes comical.
- pjmlp 3y agoAh, that is why all TCS, Infosys and Wipro folks I work with, rather get a way to stay in Germany than go back home, what a set of fouls giving up on such salaries.
- unmole 3y agoRight, because it's not like there are FAAG development centres or a home grown startup ecosystem in India. Oh, wait. The fact that you work with WITCH companies says more about your situation than anything else, TBH.
- pjmlp 3y agoRight, because it's not like there are FAAG development centres or a home grown startup ecosystem in Europe. Oh, wait. The fact that you have expressed prejudice against people in WITCH companies says more about your situation than anything else, TBH.
- shrimp_emoji 3y agoWhat are WITCH companies?
- pjmlp 3y agohttps://aitechtrend.com/the-indian-witch-companies-redefining-tech-and-taking-on-the-us-faang-titans/ https://aitechtrend.com/the-indian-witch-companies-redefinin...
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