[8draco8]

You are right but you have to also consider US working hours. Apparently it's not unusual to work 60 hours a week while here in Europe we have ~40 hours working weeks. If I have to choose I would definately stay on my UK salary that is about half what this calculator is showing for my experience and keep 40hr working week.

[walshemj]

I used to work with a CTO who had worked in the Valley and in the UK and he said he got no more work out of people in the US than the UK.

And bear in mind in the UK this was British Telecom with civil service type holidays and perks - working there did remind me of the Laundry Files :-)

[dimino]

> Apparently it's not unusual to work 60 hours a week

That's unusual.

[rkangel]

Don't forget having more than 2 weeks of holiday a year.

I could cope with 50-60 hours a week. I could not cope with only one proper holiday a year.