[giantg2]

I second the cissp cert. Seems to be more prevalent or sought after than security+. I think GSEC is another cert, or group of certs, that I hear about more than security+ too.

I don't know about the money part. The $120k EUR salary already sounds high to me, and this $100k bonus stuff sounds very high to me also. Maybe these are outliers. The median for an infosec analyst seems to be $103k vs $110k for devs in the US.

https://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/...

It's also possible that I'm a jaded pessimist since I'll never make that sort of big money.

[bawolff]

103k-110k (assuming that is total comp) sounds shockingly low for usa. At least i feel like it would be low for SF, maybe the rest of usa is dragging it down.

https://www.levels.fyi/comp.html?track=Software%20Engineer&s... shows much higher but maybe they only track higher end jobs.

[giantg2]

Those are the medians. SF would be substantially higher. Much of the US would be pretty close. I think Levels has a bit of tech, and maybe high earning, bias. Places like Glassdoor and Indeed are showing similar results to the BLS medians.

[eftel]

I’m currently making the 120k EUR as a contractor which means I have no benefits. I have to pay health insurance, retirement plan, my work laptop, office space, etc. which is normally covered by your employer (at least here in Germany).

I think it’s comparable to 85k - 95k EUR/year if you are employed.

[giantg2]

My total comp falls short of that range (adjusted for USD) and I still have to pay a hefty chunk for benefits too. Seems like the range you listed is around the median for the US. Not sure what it would be in the various EU countries, although I've always heard it's lower for many/most.