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Yes i know its not just you i was thinking more of the dilemmas of the developing software sector in Paris, congratulations by the way. What i see is that engineers are seriously underpaid in Paris at least. This is also the fault of french engineers, i think a lot of them think of money as dirty and are afraid to negotiate what their work is worth. And eventually that will generate a serious shortage of talented workforce for french companies. That situation could lead to the french tech sector not being able to be competitive with some other European countries like Germany.

[edit] I'm not even talking about silicon valley salaries. I compare the salaries to what skilled workforce in France earns which is minimum 4000 after tax per month, that is the lowest salary for highly prepared professionals where there is a lot of demand for workers. You have a lot of software devs working for half of that in France. For me when the reality of the workforce shortage hits the companies its going to be too late.

[pandascore]

And we are only talking about French salaries in Paris, in other smaller cities they are even less.. i agree and I already see at my scale a salary increase in average, probably in the right direction.