[aaron-lebo]

What metric are you using to measure successful?

[adwhit]

High productivity, huge trade surplus, low unemployment, very high standard of living

[_Tev]

Huge trade surplus (and resulting low unemployment) is effect of the euro, which is undervalued for Germany (and overvalued for most of the eurozone).

Germany sure is nice country to live in, but it benefits a lot at the expense of others.

[wolco]

average and peak developer income would be a good metric.