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Re:The AI bubble is popping; we just don't know it yet by lopis on Monday August 03, 2026 @08:46AM (#49155050)
> 100k/year to 200k/year

Is this range just Silicon Valley or what is this? Even including just Europe, you're looking at a lower bracket of 10k. If you expand to the rest of the world... Or do you think rich cities in the USA, where developers make 100k+ per year, can alone sustain this industry?

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Re:The AI bubble is popping; we just don't know it yet by ido on Monday August 03, 2026 @09:04AM (#49155269)
salary cost to the company is a lot higher than gross salary (which itself is a lot higher than net salary). you can guestimate total salary cost to be about 1.5x gross salary, so for the lower bound: 100k / 1.5 = $66,666.67 = €57,813.34.

€57-114k p.a. is well within the order of magnitude of yearly gross developer salaries in Western Europe (e.g. Germany).

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