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Re:EU chip goal 'unrealistic' says ASML CEO by ThalesX on Thursday February 01, 2024 @02:48AM (#39213663)
> Engineer: 40k and up [...] I'm sure Google or FB would pay more

There's body shops in Eastern Europe that pay more for junior frontend developers...

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Re:EU chip goal 'unrealistic' says ASML CEO by yourusername on Thursday February 01, 2024 @03:36AM (#39213890)
Minimum wage in the Netherlands is about 26k a year so i sure hope it skews to "and up", you can make 40k at a helpdesk resetting people's passwords.
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Re:EU chip goal 'unrealistic' says ASML CEO by jacquesm on Thursday February 01, 2024 @02:50AM (#39213675)
The 'and up' bit is relevant. I know some people there that do large multiples of that figure.
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Re:EU chip goal 'unrealistic' says ASML CEO by amelius on Thursday February 01, 2024 @04:52AM (#39214281)
Primary school teachers make 40k to 72k in the Netherlands.

It doesn't make sense to be a software engineer in that country, unless you prefer looking at a screen all day over working with people.

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Re:EU chip goal 'unrealistic' says ASML CEO by wkat4242 on Sunday February 04, 2024 @12:58PM (#39252586)
Whoa I'm a senior enterprise it architect in Spain and I only make 60k lol. The Netherlands standard of living has really accelerated since I left there
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