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You get what you pay for. Good european engineers have US rates.
by jsjsof 3y ago
You get what you pay for. Good european engineers have US rates.
- coolThingsFirst 3y agoNot true, even FAANGs with equal hiring bar pay US engineers a lot more. The thing is not only FAANGs pay great salaries in the US, there are tons of other companies that do it. In Europe it's the FAANGs + some trading firms and that's it. This reduces the desire to perfect one's craft and people become chill & lazy.
- jsjsof 3y agoYou should try to read before posting, the question is about contracting. Also, FAANGs in Europe suck and most of their good developers move to the US.
- coolThingsFirst 3y agoThe hiring bar is the same and the number of companies in europe that ask much harder questions for 4x lower salary is huge. European state universities are pretty difficult and the requirements are much harder than US ones. No one hears sob stories - 59/60 is still a fail for 1 point, better luck next time. There are no privileges in Europe for sitting in first row.
- jsjsof 3y agoAt least we can agree on something. Try contracting, you can get more than FAANGs pay in Europe.
- coolThingsFirst 3y agoIt's difficult getting the first client. You mean like Upwork? The other concern is it would likely look very bad on a resume, did this for one client another thing for another. I'm early stage in career and not an expert on anything yet.