[kkwteh]

Author here.

My salary in Paris is definitely quite a bit lower than what it was in San Francisco, but I think the lower cost of health care, child care, education and housing largely make up for it. In particular, I feel much less exposed in terms of negative tail events. I'm much less worried about a chronic medical condition or college to wipe me or my future family out financially.

Totally agree about language, healthcare, food, metro, and work-life balance. There are some things money can't buy.

[geebee]

25k/year for full time preschool would be pretty typical in SF. If you have 2+ kids in daycare or preschool, that can more or less wipe out an income. The problem is, it takes two incomes to pay for the typical mortgage or even the rent on a place big enough for, well, a couple of kids.

If you have a good health company sponsored health plan in the US, the kind you get at google or gov't jobs, I think you and your family are probably ok. It's no way to run a country, though. And yeah, there's always that fear that an ambulance will take you somewhere out of network... yeah, you described it pretty accurately as a negative tail event, it would be unlucky but not at all impossible, and it could be ruinous financially[1]

[1] it happens: http://www.sfweekly.com/news/s-f-general-rethinks-high-bills...

[dmode]

I never worked in France, but worked in other countries in Europe. There is always an insider vs. outsider feeling when I used to work as a foreigner, especially not knowing the language. How is that in Paris ? I assume it takes a while to learn the language. Does it present barrier in workplace ? Do you feel assimilated in the workforce ?

[kkwteh]

It's not too much of a barrier since everyone speaks English in the office. Generally everyone gets along pretty well in the office, English and French speakers alike.

[weinr0ck]

If you don’t mind can you at least give me a range of your salary? Just to see how much has changed. Don’t obligated though.

[kkwteh]

Here's an old blog post with the salary grid for the company. It's a bit out of date. Today the salaries are somewhat higher and equity grants are smaller.

https://www.maddyness.com/2017/06/25/maddyrex-pourquoi-grill...