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Re:The Norway Model: How the Scandinavian country became a l... by DeathArrow on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @05:10AM (#38528942)
>If you earn 1 million NOK (€85k) you will pay €27k in tax.

That leaves €58k. After paying all taxes I make €53k in Romania. So moving to Norway means I would lose a lot since the prices are much higher there.

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Re:The Norway Model: How the Scandinavian country became a l... by fardinahsan on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @07:07AM (#38529839)
Are you making a quantile-quantile comparison? It's probably likely that you are making way more than the average romanian dev and the same is likely to apply in norway.
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Re:The Norway Model: How the Scandinavian country became a l... by badpun on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @07:00AM (#38529789)
Eastern Europe is one of the best place to live as a developer.
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Re:The Norway Model: How the Scandinavian country became a l... by DeathArrow on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @07:05AM (#38529821)
Outside of US, yes. And I've heard developers in China and India are doing pretty good, too.
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