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I'm surprised to see Poland ahead of so many richer countries, like France, Italy, Spain and Portugal. CoL is also almost certainly lower in Poland. Polish SEs
by rich_sasha 2y ago
I'm surprised to see Poland ahead of so many richer countries, like France, Italy, Spain and Portugal. CoL is also almost certainly lower in Poland.
Polish SEs are very good, that's not my point! Rather, I am surprised Polish salaries caught up and exceeded many Western European economies on a national basis, and more so adjusted for CoL.
- gpderetta 2y agoI know of Italian SEs moving to Poland for better salaries.
- b212 2y agoItaly? Portugal? You must be new to tech, eh? Policemen in Italy make many times more than software engineers. DocPlanner has opened an office in Barcelona over 10 years ago to save on dev salaries, people got paid more in Warsaw even back then. Portugal is kinda dead as a country. What I found more fascinating is that Poland surpassed Sweden, not a tech powerhouse for sure but it’s Scandinavia, super freaking expensive.
- me_me_me 2y agoPressure, with a remote work as a threat to supply the wages in this sector must be competitive, though there are known bad companies that keep the wages down preying on the loyal employee trope and brand name