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Re:Ask HN: How to increase SWE salaries in Europe? by crooked-v on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @11:15PM (#25771908)
> If they want to attend college, it is on them to pay their way just as it was for me.

You seem to be completely unaware of how wildly the cost of education has increased even over just the past decade, especially for 4-year institutions.

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Re:Ask HN: How to increase SWE salaries in Europe? by irrational on Thursday January 14, 2021 @01:28AM (#25772870)
It depends on the university. I just checked and the university I attended is only about $750 more expensive per semester now than it was when I attended 2 decades ago. Not all universities jacked up their tuition.
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Re:Ask HN: How to increase SWE salaries in Europe? by tasuki on Friday January 15, 2021 @06:49AM (#25789775)
Where? You seem to be completely unaware that cost of education varies by country.
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Re:Ask HN: How to increase SWE salaries in Europe? by sergiotapia on Thursday January 14, 2021 @10:16AM (#25777260)
How? FIU is 7$k per year, that's not prohibitively expensive. I don't understand how people get out of college with $400,000 in student loans.
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Re:Ask HN: How to increase SWE salaries in Europe? by rootusrootus on Thursday January 14, 2021 @10:36AM (#25777563)
400K is the folks doing things like med school. I doubt the average is anywhere near that. People getting loans for more than just tuition can easily hit 100K, though. IIRC the university I went to, which is a state institution, lists the average cost at about $28K a year including room, board, tuition, books, etc. So if someone wants to pay for the whole thing on loans and not work any kind of part time job, they're going to end up with a mountain of debt.
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