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Re:1 in 3 Americans Have $0 Saved for Retirement (2016) by sametmax on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @08:09AM (#15080769)
The price are not in the same league as SF, let's not exaggerate. But yeah, the salaries are low compared to the US. I had several proposal to make 5 times what I currently make.

However, money is not everything. Living is France is very sweet, and the US lifetyle is peculiar. Also, I'm currently an independent dev, and the salary implied I signed a 5 years contract. That's a lot of constraints for me.

But yeah, compared to the US, dev are not well valued here. And you should see in Spain...

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Re:1 in 3 Americans Have $0 Saved for Retirement (2016) by blubb-fish on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @08:42AM (#15081007)
s/he's talking about the ratio between salary and costs being similar to those in bay area.
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