Re:Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than we thought
by moonchrome on Thursday December 01, 2022 @12:28PM
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I was under the impression that programming and IT is very undervalued in Germany, like you're basically earning slightly above average in most cases. At least that's what I gather from two friends who live there.
Re:Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than we thought
by mschuster91 on Friday December 02, 2022 @03:25AM
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It is an average employment and I'd not even say it's undervalued. We simply don't have the insane amount of VC money that fuels the equally insane US wages in the tech sector - which has both benefits and problems.
Re:Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than we thought
by moonchrome on Friday December 02, 2022 @03:45AM
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Benefits being that you're barely making rent as a working couple ?
Re:Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than we thought
by vardump on Thursday December 01, 2022 @12:15PM
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Rent in Germany is really really cheap. Even in "expensive" cities.
Energy, on the other hand, not so.
Re:Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than we thought
by dzonga on Thursday December 01, 2022 @12:53PM
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actually you need more market based rent.
remove restrictions that incentivize people not to build housing.
tax the rich on land value - which means not have empty lots
build a lot of houses
encourage a dynamic market that rewards labor
and boom you've achieved low rents, high wages
When I was born in 1991 and my sister in 1995, a simple police officer and a nurse in half-time could provide for two children with ease, in one of what was even back then one of the most expensive cities in Germany. Today, me (IT worker) and my s/o (public health administration) can barely afford a flat and two cats.
Fuck that shit, we need rent controls, higher wages and higher taxes on the rich. Then people like me are not forced to wait until 35 that they can start having children.