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by gtsteve 3506 days ago
Whether or not that contract is acceptable or not is down to the local market and the cost of living. I guess it depends where you live in Paris but when I was there I found that my cost of living was roughly equal to London, and 1900 EUR/mo would be equal to roughly £20k/mo which is on the very low end of a developer salary. In fact, 20k/mo was a low developer salary a few years ago and perhaps you could only do entry-level testing for £20k/mo now. I feel that even as a new graduate you can get quite a bit more than that.

But if you're happy to take a lower salary in exchange for some other perk then that's OK. I took low salaries to work for start-ups for the first 4 years of my career and that worked out very well for me, as I was given a higher level of responsibility than most companies and I now feel I am further ahead than my peers.

A company should be able to be very specific about what it will offer you. If not, it might be in the early stages and run by inexperienced people, which can be either a good or bad thing depending on your career goals.

If in doubt, negotiate or reject. It sounds like you're in a comfortable position anyway.

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£20k/mo which is on the very low end of a developer salary

Ehh, 20K stands for 20000. So you think 20000 GBP per MONTH is low?

Oh no, sorry. I meant £20,000 per year is a low salary for a developer in London.

To give you an idea, I haven't hired a developer fresh out of university for under £30,000 for years now.