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Re:Ask HN: How come YC startups offering <80k$/year? by jessekv on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @12:27PM (#36126822)
On the other hand, I know dozens of people that left their life and higher salaries in the US behind to come to the EU for those stated reasons.
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Re:Ask HN: How come YC startups offering <80k$/year? by olyjohn on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @03:25PM (#36129352)
Dozens even!
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Re:Ask HN: How come YC startups offering <80k$/year? by jessekv on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @04:11PM (#36130021)
:D
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Re:Ask HN: How come YC startups offering <80k$/year? by 908B64B197 on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @04:55PM (#36130651)
From my observation, the ratio of American Engineers coming to Europe vs Europeans Engineers coming to America is at least 1:10, if not more.

And most of the expats I know who did it seemed to be working for SV companies. So they didn't leave the higher salary behind.

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Re:Ask HN: How come YC startups offering <80k$/year? by jessekv on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @02:35AM (#36135207)
Yes, it's definitely more than 1:10 overall. But the reasons to leave the US (unhealthy work load, less social safety, higher violence) are at the top of many people's minds when they move to Europe.
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