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Re:Citing revenue declines, Airbnb cuts 25% of workforce by 2019-nCoV on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @08:40PM (#23086755)
The number of European devs making >$100k is a fraction of a percent. Your numbers tell the story — the pinnacle of the entire European continent is still only paying 25% comparable US market rate, and 60% comparable AU/CA rate. In a city more expensive than SF.
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Re:Citing revenue declines, Airbnb cuts 25% of workforce by lonbigtech on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @10:03PM (#23087253)
London isn’t more expensive than SF. And I have colleagues who make £450k+
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Re:Citing revenue declines, Airbnb cuts 25% of workforce by 2019-nCoV on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @10:16PM (#23087319)
> London isn’t more expensive than SF.

Zurich is.

> And I have colleagues who make £450k+

Just as there are American devs pocketing 7 figures annually. Again, the number of European devs making >$100k is a fraction of a percent. You can be making $100k in the US after a 6 month bootcamp or in AU/CA with a couple of years experience.

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Re:Citing revenue declines, Airbnb cuts 25% of workforce by lonbigtech on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @10:50PM (#23087491)
> Zurich is Not when you factor in the tax differential

I doubt that $100k is the 99th percentile for London developers, maybe it is for European in general.

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Re:Citing revenue declines, Airbnb cuts 25% of workforce by ryandrake on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @01:51AM (#23088236)
If you've read salary threads, you’d know that everyone on Hacker News makes $1.5 million per year as an entry level software engineer, owns three houses and a Ferrari, and has a supermodel significant other.
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