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They seem much lower than, say, Ireland, Switzerland, Norway, etc. Eastern and southern Europe are low but also lower cost of living. A fraction of the US regar
by CalRobert 1y ago
They seem much lower than, say, Ireland, Switzerland, Norway, etc. Eastern and southern Europe are low but also lower cost of living. A fraction of the US regardless.
- FirmwareBurner 1y agoI think you're only looking at big tech wages when you compare with Ireland. Norway doesn't have much of a tech industry.
- disgruntledphd2 1y agoYeah but there's lots and lots of no big tech US companies in Ireland. They generally don't have much equity or bonuses but the base is OK. I got 6 figures from a bunch of them in Ireland so it's possible.
- FirmwareBurner 1y agoHow much of that wage is left after taxes and Dublin housing?
- disgruntledphd2 1y agoFeck all, unfortunately. Like, if you either 1. buy a house some years back or 2. get an off-books rental through someone you know then you can do well. Alternatively, if you work for one of the Big Tech places then you'll get a really good wage (by irish standards) as well as enough benefits to make you feel a bunch better off. Additionally the bonuses and equity there help a lot. But yeah, Ireland's super expensive. Our household is at about the 85% percentile income, and we have a (small/expensive) house but we don't have a lot left after all of our outgoings. So yeah, you can get a better salary but you probably won't have a whole lot more disposable income (but apart from all that, ireland's a great place to live).
- CalRobert 1y agoYeah, we tried to hack this by buying a cheap place in Offaly near the train and working remote, and it was kinda-sorta OK except that our neighbours were hell on Earth. Gave up and moved to the Netherlands which has been great for our kids' independence. I do miss a good snug though.
- FirmwareBurner 1y agoAren't Netherlands wages lower than Germany except for US big-tech and HFT? I got a 70k offer with 10 YoE last week from a recruiter to move to NL and it felt like a ripoff. So I don't know where these fancy NL wages are outside the top 1%.
- CalRobert 1y agoI dunno, I live in NL but work remote for a US company
- disgruntledphd2 1y ago> Aren't Netherlands wages lower than Germany except for US big-tech and HFT? Generally you want to work for US companies, see the pragmatic engineers trimodal compensation article for details. The US thing works as you're cheap for them (relative to the US) but the wage is better than you can get locally.
- FirmwareBurner 1y agoUnfortunately there are no US companies hiring in my country. They all seem to be only in Dublin and Amsterdam.
- disgruntledphd2 1y agoYeah, that's the problem. Basically to get the good wages, you need to live somewhere expensive. If you have property/friends in those places it makes lots of sense, but otherwise I'm not sure it does.