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50k does not go far in EE unless you mean bumfuck nowhere.
by mathverse 3y ago
50k does not go far in EE unless you mean bumfuck nowhere.
- globular-toast 3y agoDepends what you mean by "far". For me, someone who grew up in a large family with a single income much smaller than that, yes it does.
- Toutouxc 3y agoThe average (take-home) pay in the Czech Republic is a little over $18k. A little more in Prague, but $50k still puts you firmly above most of your friends and family.
- mathverse 3y agoWe are comparing QOL for ICTs not average people.
- d1sxeyes 3y agoI live in Budapest, my salary is around $53K. My wife doesn't work (although she does get maternity benefits which come to around 650USD/mo. I live a comfortable life. I rent a flat in the city centre which is big enough for me, my wife, and my son. We eat out. We travel abroad about once per quarter (UK, Switzerland mostly). I wouldn't call Budapest 'bumfuck nowhere', and I don't think there are many significant compromises on my quality of life. The one concession I would make is that we don't have a car, it's just unnecessary. We could easily get by on my salary alone just by reducing the frequency of our travels to three times a year, but as my family lives outside Hungary, we don't. There aren't many folks anywhere in the world who could say that they can support a family on a single income.
- hedgehog0 3y agoI miss Budapest. How would you say the business environment and software business or startup scene in Budapest?
- d1sxeyes 3y agoHonestly, I wouldn’t know. I work in one of the big SSCs here, and I’m not really involved in the software startup scene here.
- trilbyglens 3y agoI'd imagine it being fairly sad. I live in the Czech republic and it's a lively scene, but just leagues away from a place like London or SV. Small country, bubble universe effect, small thinking, for the most part. Many founders aim at the local market, which is tiny, because they can't imagine competing with western companies (when they totally could).
- nickdurfe 3y ago50k will do you quite well in Warsaw, as well as most other Polish cities. Even more so outside of the large cities.
- pjmlp 3y agoThat is a great salary in Portugal.
- mathverse 3y agoNot for Lisbon.
- wcrossbow 3y ago50k in Spain put you well beyond the median salary[0] [0]https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5139571/0/salario-medio-espana-se-situa-25-900-euros-ano-tras-crecer-un-2-9/ https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5139571/0/salario-medio-esp...
- mathverse 3y agoSpain is not EE.
- trilbyglens 3y ago50k will get you a great life in Prague, which is hardly bumfuck nowhere
- mathverse 3y agoNo It won't. Prague real estate is expensive and 50k is barely middle class for ICT.
- Toutouxc 3y agoSorry but it sounds like “gets you far” to you means nothing less than “you can buy the whole town”. $50k is roughly two times the average salary in Prague. If you make twice as much as most normal people, you’re “getting far” by definition. Yes, real estate is expensive in Prague, that I agree with.