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Re:France Bashing Is So 2012 (Here Is Why) by cyrillevincey on Friday October 11, 2013 @08:49AM (#6532709)
Don't know about London, but the ration [salary]/[cost of life] in Paris is way better than in SF for a good software engineer.
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Re:France Bashing Is So 2012 (Here Is Why) by mickeyben on Friday October 11, 2013 @09:13AM (#6532838)
Don't know about that.

According to Glassdor the average salary is about €39k[1]. In my experience a "good" salary for a french engineer is between €42-50k. Housing isn't cheap in Paris - count about 12k-18k for 430-650 sqft. Going out isn't cheap either.

I've lived a year in SF and had definitely a better [salary]/[cost of life]. It was 5 years ago though.

1. http://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/france-engineer-salary-SRC...

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Re:France Bashing Is So 2012 (Here Is Why) by dasil003 on Friday October 11, 2013 @08:56AM (#6532747)
That's meaningless since costs vary along different axes. I just mean objectively software engineers have not traditionally been valued the same in Europe as they have been in the US.
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