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A comment on Ask HN: Earning 100k EUR in Berlin?.

Re:Ask HN: Earning 100k EUR in Berlin? by tictac-toe on Sunday December 20, 2020 @11:36AM (#25487436)
You could go into freelancing. For normal developer gigs in Germany you'll usually get 70-80€/hour. Contracts are often for 6 months and will get extended in 6 months steps. Depending on how much you work you can make 150k+. Still not comparable to SV salaries, but better than being a permanent employee in Germany.
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Re:Ask HN: Earning 100k EUR in Berlin? by DasIch on Sunday December 20, 2020 @11:48AM (#25487544)
You also have to pay employer contributions to insurance and you don’t make money, if you don’t have a contract, are sick or on vacation.

So you also have to make at least 150k+ to make up for that. If you were to make significantly less than that, say 120k you’re probably worse off in the end.

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Re:Ask HN: Earning 100k EUR in Berlin? by argiope on Monday December 21, 2020 @05:31AM (#25493649)
How do you come to 120k as break even point? I'm quite curious as which factors you have considered to get to that number.
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