It's not 50%, it's more like 30%. German salaries are totally anti-engineering and pro-management.
Re:Germany plans €3B in AI investments
by reacharavindh on Thursday November 15, 2018 @02:33PM
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Well, I was saying 50% referring to my current pay in Denmark, not that of Germany. In Germany, I was offered lower than in Denmark, which would have been, like you said - 30 ish %.
Re:Germany plans €3B in AI investments
by distances on Thursday November 15, 2018 @02:05PM
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I think this applies to all of Europe though. London salaries are a bit higher, but of course not at the US levels.
Re:Germany plans €3B in AI investments
by omnimus on Thursday November 15, 2018 @03:23PM
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UK and Germany are also the countries with highest salaries if you don't count Scandinavia. Try to go to Poland or Czechia thats german border countries where the salaries are even much lower.
Then again salaries in europe just work in very different way.
UK and Switzerland only. Germany is traditionally a low-wage country.
Re:Germany plans €3B in AI investments
by Rinzler89 on Thursday November 15, 2018 @05:53PM
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You mean London and Switzerland. Excepting London, the UK on average is even more low wage than Germany, to reuse your expression. But London, just like Switzerland has an impossible property market if you want o buy something no matter how well you're paid.
Re:Germany plans €3B in AI investments
by Rinzler89 on Thursday November 15, 2018 @03:27PM
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Sure, salaries in Berlin are smaller then in the Scandinavian capitals but let's talk about the cost of living. Isn't beer like 8 euros in CPH vs 2-4 in BER? I'm not even going to open the real estate can of worms.
I live in Denmark currently, and can attest that to some extent, salaries cannot be compared because of different social structures & expenses. Getting paid 50% of what I used to make in the US did not mean standard of living went to 50%. But, for a comp.engineer, US wins out by a huge margin in terms of money.