I also make a much higher salary than my SWE friends in the EU. But:
I’ve been at this for 25 years
grinding - my work-life balance is garbage compared to my European friends in SWE
regularly dealing with a fuckton of uncertainty
had my retirement completely gutted by my partner’s cancer treatment
got my stock portfolio screwed up because of my significant ESPP; my theretofore trustworthy, reliable employer decided to sell to a private equity firm
get to travel very little and have to work when I do because of paltry PTO policies; and I get “generous” PTO compared to most of my US SWE peers; my PTO is decadent compared to most US proletariat
I could really go on. That great, yuuuuge, beautiful salary difference is deeply undercut to the point of collapse by everything all of the other costs (not just financial) that are co-requisite to working in the US.
🤣 sure let’s compress a highly multidimensional issue into your income without comparing anything else. You guys don’t even have sidewalks in most areas 🤣
My PTO with my holidays time is slightly less than the average EU total with separate sick. I’m more than happy for the flexibility and additional time.
The notion of it being one pool is insane to me. I’m a bit too tired to get into it so “tremendously exploitative and problematic” will have to suffice.
I make 50k+ a year more than my peers coding in the EU 🤷♂️
I also make a much higher salary than my SWE friends in the EU. But:
I could really go on. That great, yuuuuge, beautiful salary difference is deeply undercut to the point of collapse by everything all of the other costs (not just financial) that are co-requisite to working in the US.
Yeah the actual numbers don’t mean anything.
If you make $10k/month and have a hard time while somebody makes €2.5k/month and has a comfortable life, who is the richest?
🤣 sure let’s compress a highly multidimensional issue into your income without comparing anything else. You guys don’t even have sidewalks in most areas 🤣
You’re right, they have “pavements”
It’s amazing that you can say all that without realizing it directly applies to the tweet 🤣.
I’m curious: how many hours do you work per week, and how much vacation do you have/year?
30-35 real hours, 12 federal and 25 sick/PTO.
What do you mean “real”? Regardless, that’s a lot better than I suspected!
Personal projects when I should be coding, talking to co workers, general lost time to estimates in time tracking.
Sick days and paid time off are the same thing? That’s horrifying.
My PTO with my holidays time is slightly less than the average EU total with separate sick. I’m more than happy for the flexibility and additional time.
The notion of it being one pool is insane to me. I’m a bit too tired to get into it so “tremendously exploitative and problematic” will have to suffice.