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Re:Session is shutting down in 90 days by ExpertAdvisor01 on Thursday April 09, 2026 @09:06AM (#47703209)
They are based in Switzerland . 140k USD median dev salary
Re:Session is shutting down in 90 days by mhitza on Thursday April 09, 2026 @09:09AM (#47703247)
Interesting claim, where do you gather that data? The quick results I got where from a 2024 report on TheNextWeb claiming its around 90k USD equivalent in Switzerland https://thenextweb.com/news/european-cities-highest-salaries...
Re:Session is shutting down in 90 days by Tade0 on Thursday April 09, 2026 @09:26AM (#47703449)
Market rate for a senior engineer in much, much poorer Poland exceeds 80k at current exchange rates - ask me how I know.

I also had a contract in Switzerland for a brief, beautiful moment and in 2020 it was not weird to have an hourly rate exceeding 90CHF/h in this role.

Permanent employees were making anywhere in the range of 100-130k CHF, so the 140k USD figure is close adjusted for inflation.

Re:Session is shutting down in 90 days by ExpertAdvisor01 on Thursday April 09, 2026 @09:10AM (#47703269)
Re:Session is shutting down in 90 days by mhitza on Thursday April 09, 2026 @09:14AM (#47703327)
Thanks for the data, 117500 CHF converted today is around 148k USD, and that means being in the top 25%
Re:Session is shutting down in 90 days by ExpertAdvisor01 on Thursday April 09, 2026 @09:16AM (#47703350)
It clearly says that the median is 110k CHF ~ 140k USD
Re:Session is shutting down in 90 days by xmattx on Thursday April 09, 2026 @09:10AM (#47703272)
For a Senior perhaps. The figures I find for Switzerland are more in the 90-120 range depending on the source. Also, I think what OP was referring to is the 'most markets' bit. Switzerland is the best paying country in Europe (discounting London).
Re:Session is shutting down in 90 days by TeMPOraL on Thursday April 09, 2026 @09:18AM (#47703373)
> Switzerland is the best paying country in Europe (discounting London).

How does that look when you correct for costs of living, because I imagine that would put London at the bottom of the list, as one of those places where senior-level tech salary is not enough to afford living in the city itself (and I don't mean the City of London, but the rest of it too).

Re:Session is shutting down in 90 days by ExpertAdvisor01 on Thursday April 09, 2026 @09:11AM (#47703287)
I wouldn’t have replied if the session foundation hadn’t been based in Switzerland.