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True. But good French startups pay good compensations for good interns. Believe me.

• dasil003 13y ago
  Good by Silicon Valley standards or good by European standards? Because as a software engineer moving from Minneapolis to Palo Alto to London, I have to say salaries in Europe are a fucking joke (although it's improving).
  • cyrillevincey 13y ago
    Don't know about London, but the ration [salary]/[cost of life] in Paris is way better than in SF for a good software engineer.
    • dasil003 13y ago
      That's meaningless since costs vary along different axes. I just mean objectively software engineers have not traditionally been valued the same in Europe as they have been in the US.
    • mickeyben 13y ago
      Don't know about that. According to Glassdor the average salary is about €39k[1]. In my experience a "good" salary for a french engineer is between €42-50k. Housing isn't cheap in Paris - count about 12k-18k for 430-650 sqft. Going out isn't cheap either. I've lived a year in SF and had definitely a better [salary]/[cost of life]. It was 5 years ago though. 1. http://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/france-engineer-salary-SRCH_IL.0,6_IN86_KO7,15.htm http://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/france-engineer-salary-SRC...
  • rxdazn 13y ago
    Good by french intern standards, so... if you're getting more than minimum wage (1400) you're _very_ (very) lucky. And I'm still wondering which french startups offer an OK compensation. Had interviews at two of them 5 months ago, one is going very big (and was part of Le Camping incubator), the other one has more than 1 million users as of today. Both offered 600e/month.