[a13n]

Join a remote company that doesn't pay solely based on location. eg. Zapier, Buffer, or Canny. ;)

Check out Buffer's transparent salary calculator. https://buffer.com/salary/software-engineer/low. For an entry level software engineer in a low cost of living area (which France is probably not), you'd be making double what you're making now.

I think with the massive shift that's happening with remote work, market rate salaries will roughly converge no matter where you work.

[monkeynotes]

> you'd be making double what you're making now

Need to know if his quoted income is pre or post-tax. France is a social country and you pay a lot of taxes for the social services, so his €2500 may be after tax and his gross is close to double that.