Re:Switzerland vs Silicon Valley for Software Developers
by krak12 on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @10:18AM
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Go to Spain, same salary, free healthcare, better quality of life, better weather, no crunch culture, better social life (good luck making new friends on Switzerland), less taxes and the last nobel prize of literature was inspired meanwhile lived here like many others.
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Re:Switzerland vs Silicon Valley for Software Developers
by kgwgk on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @10:43AM
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> Go to Spain, same salary
The difference is that in Switzerland you get paid that salary every month, not over the full year. (I’m exaggerating, but not that much.)
Edit: by the way, the “less taxes” remark is also quite funny.
Re:Switzerland vs Silicon Valley for Software Developers
by fookitty on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @10:54AM
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You're totally exaggerating, been living in Spain for the past 10 years and previously worked in Switzerland, I often get job offers from Swiss companies and the difference is minimal.
Re:Switzerland vs Silicon Valley for Software Developers
by kgwgk on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @11:05AM
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Either you are too lucky/unlucky and your experience is not typical or you think that a factor of two (at least) is minimal.
Re:Switzerland vs Silicon Valley for Software Developers
by tiagopc on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @10:54AM
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> Same salary? That's funny! I lived in Spain before moving to Switzerland.
Regarding "free healthcare" and "better weather, no crunch culture, better social life" yeah, I agree on that!
Re:Switzerland vs Silicon Valley for Software Developers
by amyjess on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @10:28AM
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As a trans woman, Spain is also one of the only parts of Europe where hormones are easily accessible, so if I ended up having to live in Europe, no other country would be an option.
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