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Re:Tech workers are increasingly looking to leave Silicon Va... by alain94040 on Monday February 29, 2016 @03:29PM (#11198196)
Silicon Valley style programming means working on consumer apps that have a chance of being used by thousands and millions of people.

Especially in Europe, most programming goes to custom software for banking and various industries. There are very few Microsoft, Square or Google style companies in Europe, where software is the product. A lot of software is a cost center for something else. For some, it doesn't give them the same feeling of accomplishment.

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Re:Tech workers are increasingly looking to leave Silicon Va... by mooreds on Monday February 29, 2016 @04:30PM (#11198698)
Dated, but still worth reading: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/FiveWorlds.html

Software development != software development

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Re:Tech workers are increasingly looking to leave Silicon Va... by dreamdu5t on Monday February 29, 2016 @04:08PM (#11198528)
It's the same in Silicon Valley. Software developers are a "cost center" and balance sheets and accounting reflect that - even at companies like Google.
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Re:Tech workers are increasingly looking to leave Silicon Va... by hibikir on Monday February 29, 2016 @06:38PM (#11199656)
I've spent large chunks of my career in the Midwest as a consultant. Senior devs go into very long term consulting gigs because then companies can afford to pay us much more: we count as 100% capex.

Companies that might pay an employee $110K a year will have zero problem paying rates that end up with take-homes of +$200K a year after paying your own benefits and taking vacation time off.

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Re:Tech workers are increasingly looking to leave Silicon Va... by kvcrawford on Monday February 29, 2016 @07:07PM (#11199814)
Could you expand on that? I've snubbed contracting gigs in the past because I enjoy the often very generous healthcare plans at tech companies.
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Re:Tech workers are increasingly looking to leave Silicon Va... by carc on Monday February 29, 2016 @05:53PM (#11199359)
Actually, assuming you're not just maintaining a code base (i.e. you're mostly adding features or making something new), the cost of software development is typically an asset on the balance sheet
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