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I love how you think that the lifestyle a developer salary buys in San Francisco is available to developers in Berlin. I may not have not worked in Berlin, but
by waps 13y ago
I love how you think that the lifestyle a developer salary buys in San Francisco is available to developers in Berlin. I may not have not worked in Berlin, but I did work in Frankfurt.
On a developer salary, you cannot get a decent apartment in the middle of the popular neighborhoods in Frankfurt. Berlin is no different, nor is any other place in Europe I know of. In Frankfurt, it is true that a developer salary is comparable to what a factory worker makes. It is higher, but we're talking 20-30% higher, maybe 50% at the end of your career, no more. Something that irritated me to no end in Europe is that decision power and salary are determined mainly by seniority, number of years worked at the company, not ability and certainly not knowledge.
- jmspring 13y agoI probably should have stuck to cities I have worked in (as opposed to those friends have lived/worked in): Stockholm Helsinki London Yes, I was extrapolating to Berlin. I lived in Frankfurt for awhile with my then girlfriend (now wife) and though she wasn't an engineer (she was a project manager in tech -- an individual contributor, nothing special), the money she brought home allowed her to afford an apartment, travel, and quality of life actually better in some ways (equal in others) than the same position here in the Bay Area would have allowed for. The reason I mentioned Berlin, it is held up as a startup hotbed with low costs and a dynamic city life. From the couple of times I've visited, it was certainly cheaper than Munich, London, and Stockholm for food/lodging/etc.