Comparatively to the rest of the western world, western Europe dev salaries are garbage.
I live in the UK and have friends in Germany, France and Norway. Senior/mid salaries are fairly similar, so is the cost of living. But, I could get the same job in Poland by taking a 10-15% salary cut, living there my cost of living would go down by approx 40%. I would be noticeably wealthier there doing the same job I do in the UK.
Same story for many eastern european countries, they pay better for skilled labour but way worse for unskilled labour.
The only thing keeping me here is family and friends.
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USA paying high salaries = “Europe pays so bad”… You realize that there is more to the world than just USA and Europe right?
Yeah pay can be worse than in europe, obviously, but it could also be better (to avoid brain drain, which is certainly happening…)
Comparatively to the rest of the western world, western Europe dev salaries are garbage.
I live in the UK and have friends in Germany, France and Norway. Senior/mid salaries are fairly similar, so is the cost of living. But, I could get the same job in Poland by taking a 10-15% salary cut, living there my cost of living would go down by approx 40%. I would be noticeably wealthier there doing the same job I do in the UK.
Same story for many eastern european countries, they pay better for skilled labour but way worse for unskilled labour.
The only thing keeping me here is family and friends.