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You likely never will, at least publicly. I moved from the silicon valley to Amsterdam and negotiated a custom compensation package. I'm making 70% of what I wa
by GaryNumanVevo 3y ago
You likely never will, at least publicly. I moved from the silicon valley to Amsterdam and negotiated a custom compensation package. I'm making 70% of what I was making as an L5, but the cost of living is much cheaper than SF. My wife and I bought our apartment in the city in cash, and are also looking at buying a summer home in France.
- VirusNewbie 3y agooh crazy. Do you have a really high title or something? Or are you just an L5 making 4x what others in the same title have?
- GaryNumanVevo 3y agoTitle bump + different salary band. There's other SV expats here with similar compensation packages. Base salary is lower, but it's made up for in loads of stock with very fast vesting schedules. Tax wise it's nice because I'm no longer paying California state tax or most of my federal taxes (via Foreign Earned Income Exclusion). I'm just sitting on loads of RSUs, I'll probably quit once I get my permanent residency and retire for a few years to sell off and rebalance my portfolio.
- GaryNumanVevo 3y agoThere's a good post that goes into how salary bands work in the EU for SV Expats [1]. Basically for global talent, the total comp can be 4x to 5x what a local dev would expect to make. For obvious reasons, this isn't widely broadcasted or talked about. [1] - https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/software-engineering-salaries-in-the-netherlands-and-europe/ https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/software-engineering-sala...