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Re:Germany, France launch Gaia-X platform in bid for ‘tech s... by f6v on Friday June 05, 2020 @08:57AM (#23427939)
It's funny that when Europe is mentioned, many people think "Germany". Ask Italians about their tech salaries, I've been told people are happy with 2.5k as a senior developer there...
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Re:Germany, France launch Gaia-X platform in bid for ‘tech s... by tomatotomato37 on Friday June 05, 2020 @10:31AM (#23428973)
Well I mean it's the same in the US. No one is talking salaries in Iowa whenever tech jobs are mentioned
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Re:Germany, France launch Gaia-X platform in bid for ‘tech s... by rootusrootus on Friday June 05, 2020 @11:24AM (#23429586)
The average software engineer in Iowa makes around 100K a year. That's pretty good, really, most people would consider it a lot of money. There is a reality distortion field around SV :)
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Re:Germany, France launch Gaia-X platform in bid for ‘tech s... by thecleaner on Friday June 05, 2020 @02:36PM (#23432142)
100K in Iowa does seem like a great deal of money. One metric I would be interested in is what fraction of income would go to rent.
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