[melvinroest]

In The Netherlands the only expensive thing about it is opportunity cost, which is as amazing as it gets. Now, it's a bit worse though. 8 years ago, I received about 3000 euro's. My education was 1900, my travel was free (also sponsored) so the rest was for books and living on my own. I decided to stay at home and take a longer commute. 1100 euro's for books is more than enough in most cases. I know that this is in stark contrast to the US. And from my point of view (which is biased), I find the US to be in an unfortunate situation.

I agree with everything you said. Perhaps it might be interesting to remark that I feel this picture changes in the startup landscape were things aren't always that complicated, but where the people that hire you do seem to hold you to the same standards. This is why I'm always wary about the title of "senior" at a startup.