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Re:Is developer compensation becoming bimodal? by brational on Friday February 09, 2018 @11:00AM (#16341159)
That's absurd I have multiple german friends >70k euro + all the other benefits. All stem yes but only 1 is a phd. Frankfurt, Berlin, and Stuttgart too so not just 1 isolated city.
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Re:Is developer compensation becoming bimodal? by ju-st on Friday February 09, 2018 @11:37AM (#16341584)
6k base means 80k all-in/year which is the highest union level (e.g. IG metall EG17 in Baden-Wurttemberg). You can reach this level only on a specialist level (PhD) position, with very senior >> 3 years experience or as a manager.
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Re:Is developer compensation becoming bimodal? by foo232323 on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @09:16AM (#16367234)
It actually is a igm contract. Base salary + "freiwillige Leistungszulage". Also I haven't had significantly less in my last job (in the last position there). Also a lot of friends (engineers/Maschinenbau mostly) earn (at least) the same. All at around 80k (with a 40h work week) all in my age (i.e. around 3-5 years out of university). And yes, bigger companies.
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