[smartician]

When I left Germany in 2007, I was making 52000 Euro per year. Crazy to hear that salaries remained practically flat. When I went to Silicon Valley, my pay practically doubled overnight, and now 13 years later I make 10x as much (and my job hasn't really changed much).

Curious though how your house cleaner is making more than a software engineer?

[string]

You make half a million Euros a year as a software engineer?

[chillacy]

Not unreasonable if the parent a senior engineer or is counting stock appreciation.

[string]

I make what I consider OK money in the UK, but the US is on a totally different level. I can only assume we're undervalued here!

[chillacy]

I think so, just having worked with UK colleagues who were no different in ability and looking for opportunities overseas as a way to explore more places while holding a steady job.