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Re:Germany, France launch Gaia-X platform in bid for ‘tech s... by icelancer on Friday June 05, 2020 @05:02AM (#23426458)
No kidding. When I was in France I was appalled at the rates they were paying software developers. For a collection of countries that boasts better living standards for people, the comparative gap in pay for technical positions is absurd.
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Re:Germany, France launch Gaia-X platform in bid for ‘tech s... by enriquto on Friday June 05, 2020 @05:17AM (#23426525)
A junior developer cannot at all afford renting an appartment in Paris with his basis salary. For other jobs outside of software, it is even worse.
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Re:Germany, France launch Gaia-X platform in bid for ‘tech s... by namdnay on Friday June 05, 2020 @06:31AM (#23427007)
> A junior developer cannot at all afford renting an appartment in Paris with his basis salary

To be fair, that's the same in London or SF :)

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Re:Germany, France launch Gaia-X platform in bid for ‘tech s... by 121789 on Friday June 05, 2020 @12:56PM (#23430681)
a junior developer in SF can pretty easily afford to rent their own apartment straight out of university. most won't, but they could.
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Re:Germany, France launch Gaia-X platform in bid for ‘tech s... by Nextgrid on Friday June 05, 2020 @06:15AM (#23426896)
> For other jobs outside of software, it is even worse.

My understanding is that it’s the opposite. Software is significantly underpaid but you can do quite well with a typical paper-pushing bullshit job.

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Re:Germany, France launch Gaia-X platform in bid for ‘tech s... by enriquto on Friday June 05, 2020 @07:19AM (#23427268)
An entry-level tenured professor or a nurse at a hospital earn less than 2000 EUR per month. This gives them barely enough to rent a small room in a shared apartment.
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