[rokalakt]

Not sure, what western european countries pays as much for a tech job as for any other desk job? Also i dont think it has something to do with skills, more like with criminals creating virii and thus developing and understanding of how security works.

[goatinaboat]

Outside the SV bubble law, accounting, banking, medicine, general management etc all pay higher than programming, with less stress, more job security and higher prestige (if that matters to you).

[rokalakt]

Not really. Devs in the uk earn far more than most of these jobs you mentioned. Perhaps you are working with the wrong company.

[philjohn]

There is quite a large difference between tech salaries depending on nationality of the company, their approach to tech and location in the UK.

A Principal Software Engineer in the South East can make six figures easily, the same in the midlands will be much less, and that's only 90 miles apart.

[notfromhere]

That's a huge wage differential for a country the size of Michigan

[philjohn]

Yes ... but remember as well we don't have the "commute many miles" mentality, you tend to work fairly local to where you live.

I might be an outlier, I live 55 miles away from work (1h15m commute each way) so that I can have a higher salary, but much bigger house, better transport links, good schools for the kids etc.

[danielpetrica]

Here in Italy that's very common during your first years, especially if you're not living in a big city like Milan.