Re:Ask HN: How to increase SWE salaries in Europe?
by gerlv on Thursday January 14, 2021 @03:01AM
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I was in the same position when I started working at the first company.
They just continued to pay the same salary after I graduated.
Until you reach senior level, the best strategy for maximising salary is to switch to better paying jobs every ~2 years.
Also, I assume you are from Latvia as you have LV in your username - 1k is waaay to low. I have friends making 3.5k eur a month. You can find mid level positions that pay more than 2k/m
Re:Ask HN: How to increase SWE salaries in Europe?
by KronisLV on Thursday January 14, 2021 @11:13AM
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Yep, that's the plan!
There is also something to be said about working for different companies and experiencing different approaches to development, different tools, tech stacks and all of the other stuff you might not see if you stick at one place for a long time.
Though that's more of an auxiliary reason for switching jobs, whereas OP was talking about finances in particular.
But even so, the average net salary in this country is even lower than that (overall, not for software developers) and i don't have kids or a car to take care of, hence others could also have those expenses to consider.
Thus, factoring those in, it might indeed take a substantial amount of time to create any savings. For example, i presently have 25kâĴ in my bank account, though it has taken about 4 years to get there.
That's not to say that people in US or other places also don't have similar factors to deal with, like healthcare costs or student loans.