Germany, France launch Gaia-X platform in bid for ‘tech sovereignty’

Re:Germany, France launch Gaia-X platform in bid for ‘tech s... by sildur on Friday June 05, 2020 @05:46AM (#23426690)

But they do have all to do with low salaries. My salary is low for American standards, but I can rely on public hospitals, public schools, and public transportation systems. I do not need to save for retirement either. Or for my kids tuition.

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Re:Germany, France launch Gaia-X platform in bid for ‘tech s... by mtberatwork on Friday June 05, 2020 @07:47AM (#23427418)

> My salary is low for American standards but I can rely on public hospitals, public schools, and public transportation systems. I do not need to save for retirement either. Or for my kids tuition.

I think about this quite a bit, while the median middle class salary is higher in the US, the burden to fund everything out of pocket here is enormous. If salaries are 10-20% higher in the US, much of that goes out the window to fund things like health care, retirement, higher education, daycare/pre-K education, high rents, etc. Things that most Europeans take for granted. All of a sudden that 10-20% gap seems much smaller.

Also keep in mind that not everyone working in tech in the US is making SV level salaries.

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Re:Germany, France launch Gaia-X platform in bid for ‘tech s... by distances on Friday June 05, 2020 @09:32AM (#23428280)

Reading by the HN comments the salary difference in IT is 100-200% though, so there you start getting some difference.

A medium/median salaried person would be much better off in Western Europe for sure.

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