Comment on Not mocking cobol devs but yall are severely underpaid for keeping fintech alive

BaardFigur@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• elbarto777@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  $60K doing what and where?

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  • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Probably anything outside the US.

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    • elbarto777@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s what I was thinking. I moved to Europe and my salary was halved. After three years of scratching this “living in Europe” itch, I’m ready to move back to the U.S. An entry level developer should be making no less than 90K.

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      • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yep. Few people where I live envy the US, but if you’re a developer the money is no joke. You have to expect that eventually all those big American tech companies will start offshoring, given the crazy money they could save.

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      • dafo@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        €70k as a developer? That’s a middled aged EM salary here in Sweden

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  • BaardFigur@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    C++ Cad application, Norway, so not from a poor country. I know I’m underpaid but didn’t expect it to be that bad

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    • elbarto777@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Hang in there, friend! You’ll make it big sooner rather than later!

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    • pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      How many years experience? It took me a few years before I started making a decent wage.

      Definitely keep honing your skills and applying around for different jobs, and taking jobs that you can use to “leapfrog” to other, even better jobs.

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      • BaardFigur@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        6 years. I’m by no means an expert, but I’m not newbie either

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