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Danish salaries, especially at US companies, aren't even that low, to take an example: https://levels.fyi/companies/uber/salaries/software-engineer/locations/de

Danish salaries, especially at US companies, aren't even that low, to take an example: https://levels.fyi/companies/uber/salaries/software-engineer/locations/denmark?country=65 https://levels.fyi/companies/uber/salaries/software-engineer...

shiftright 2y ago
That's more than double what the average company pays a senior dev in Denmark.
- tossandthrow 2y ago
  The big difference is the stock component, which Danish companies usually does not offer. But DKK 1.000.000 a year is not far off senior roles. (However, a lot of roles are also much lower).
  - shiftright 2y ago
    Not too far of but 20% is still significant, and I think even so it would be mostly the top you can get from local companies. Even the Novo/Lego type companies are pretty stingy on IC compensation. There's limited upside, and startups are very far away IMO. You get some upside wrt work/life balance. But very limited flexibility in other ways. And culture-wise it's another can of worms. Generally speaking it's better to work for foreign companies here.
  - slekker 2y ago
    Sorry but where are you finding these jobs outside of MAANG?
    - shiftright 2y ago
      scale-ups, some well funded startups, big companies for some roles if you add up bonus, pension, other benefits. Not too many options tbh, and you need a bit of luck, but there are some. It's hard to figure out from the job description so you usually need to do a bit of digging. To keep in mind as well is that in Denmark the vast majority of jobs are not advertised. I know it happens everywhere but I never experienced anything that comes even close in other countries. What used to be fairly popular is "consulting" at 2x+ salary. Almost zero risk due to high demand, this has changed somewhat.
      - slekker 2y ago
        When you say not advertised do you mean not even posted on LinkedIn and you have to go through the company's website yourself?
        dkek 2y ago
        Not anywhere. Or if it is it's just for show. People would just bring their friends in, or give them contracts as freelancers. In one instance the us office got involved and stopped it. I've been in a few "mock" interviews. They call it trust in Denmark, I call it nepotism.
- intunderflow 2y ago
  That's why loads of top talent end up disappearing into the realms of Google, Uber, Microsoft or Databricks Denmark. Whether this is a good thing (they get paid well but the US gets the outputs of their labour) is another matter. It is possible though to get paid a more reasonable rate in DK (which imo is good) and living in Denmark does not guarantee a huge pay cut / local companies don't suppress tech salaries into oblivion, even if the only saving grace is foreign offices.
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shiftright 2y ago

That's more than double what the average company pays a senior dev in Denmark.

tossandthrow 2y ago
The big difference is the stock component, which Danish companies usually does not offer. But DKK 1.000.000 a year is not far off senior roles. (However, a lot of roles are also much lower).
- shiftright 2y ago
  Not too far of but 20% is still significant, and I think even so it would be mostly the top you can get from local companies. Even the Novo/Lego type companies are pretty stingy on IC compensation. There's limited upside, and startups are very far away IMO. You get some upside wrt work/life balance. But very limited flexibility in other ways. And culture-wise it's another can of worms. Generally speaking it's better to work for foreign companies here.
- slekker 2y ago
  Sorry but where are you finding these jobs outside of MAANG?
  - shiftright 2y ago
    scale-ups, some well funded startups, big companies for some roles if you add up bonus, pension, other benefits. Not too many options tbh, and you need a bit of luck, but there are some. It's hard to figure out from the job description so you usually need to do a bit of digging. To keep in mind as well is that in Denmark the vast majority of jobs are not advertised. I know it happens everywhere but I never experienced anything that comes even close in other countries. What used to be fairly popular is "consulting" at 2x+ salary. Almost zero risk due to high demand, this has changed somewhat.
    - slekker 2y ago
      When you say not advertised do you mean not even posted on LinkedIn and you have to go through the company's website yourself?
      - dkek 2y ago
        Not anywhere. Or if it is it's just for show. People would just bring their friends in, or give them contracts as freelancers. In one instance the us office got involved and stopped it. I've been in a few "mock" interviews. They call it trust in Denmark, I call it nepotism.
intunderflow 2y ago
That's why loads of top talent end up disappearing into the realms of Google, Uber, Microsoft or Databricks Denmark. Whether this is a good thing (they get paid well but the US gets the outputs of their labour) is another matter. It is possible though to get paid a more reasonable rate in DK (which imo is good) and living in Denmark does not guarantee a huge pay cut / local companies don't suppress tech salaries into oblivion, even if the only saving grace is foreign offices.

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