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Re:The American economy has left other rich countries in the... by sershe on Wednesday October 16, 2024 @12:05PM (#41860745)
That's not what I've been hearing from European co-workers. Switzerland and London being somewhat of an exception, the vibe I get there are few if any good jobs and few good and ambitious developers left in Europe. Everyone who is any good and ambitious moves to London, or the US unless they have special circumstances.

People from France, Spain etc. tend to be more polite about it, but specifically 3 people from German speaking regions in Bay Area - 2 natives and one who moved to the US via Germany from Eastern Europe - basically said the above directly :)

I myself looked into moving to Austria / North Italy for the nature and good cities, but the salaries and cost of living are just too much of a joke, even for non-developer. In Austria back then I'd be making less than my wife makes as a teacher in the USA. Switzerland is somewhat better, but still pretty bad, even for a developer

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Re:The American economy has left other rich countries in the... by Fire-Dragon-DoL on Wednesday October 16, 2024 @08:49PM (#41865373)
As an Italian, that's the reason I left. The salaries have been the same for like 20 years
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Re:The American economy has left other rich countries in the... by ljf on Friday October 18, 2024 @02:30AM (#41876848)
Don't forget you are talking to the people who left and their reason for leaving, not the group that stayed and are happy.

I loved London for nearly 2 decades, but moving out to the countryside was the best thing I've done - huge house, cheap mortgage and nearly (but not quite) as many well paying job opportunities. I could go back to London and maybe even double my wages. But to have the life I love now in terms of just housing and location I'd have to quadruple or more my outgoings.

But I'm sure I'd give you a great story for why I was in London if I ever moved back there.

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