Re:Forging a Swiss Lens: How Zurich's tech scene changed my ...
by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @09:51PM
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London has very poor salaries for development, especially compared to Switzerland. Standard developers make 30-40k pounds...
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Re:Forging a Swiss Lens: How Zurich's tech scene changed my ...
by MagnumOpus on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @03:50AM
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20-year-old fresh uni graduates or government employees make 30-40k pounds.
Seasoned competent devs easily earn twice as much -- or three times as much if they are contracting, or four times as much if they are good enough to hack it in the well-paying industries (bigTech or finance).
Re:Forging a Swiss Lens: How Zurich's tech scene changed my ...
by richardknop on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @11:37PM
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Yes but high end (financial industry and top MNCs) and contract jobs can pay 3-4x more than that. So when you are a good developer and are either from Europe or looking to relocate to Europe, London and Zurich are two top places you should concentrate your job hunt on.
Re:Forging a Swiss Lens: How Zurich's tech scene changed my ...
by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @12:24AM
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You'll also make good money in Bern, Basel, Lausanne, and Geneva. It isn't just Zurich, the French part is good also.
Re:Forging a Swiss Lens: How Zurich's tech scene changed my ...
by barrkel on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @05:01AM
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Entry-level developers with a couple of years experience, perhaps. Not the case for senior developers (more like 60-90k), and getting six figures GBP is not difficult if you're working in finance.