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by cpach 1405 days ago
You have a point – however, do you know what SWEs in the big US cities earn theses days, working for “FAANG”? (Or Stripe, Square, etc.) It’s not very uncommon to have a yearly compensation of 500-600k or more (USD).

In Sweden, very very few SWEs earn more than 80k/year.
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ramraj07 1405 days ago
I don’t know if we agree on what the definition of massively rich is. Given that 1% of US people are millionaires, my definition of massively rich is 50MM plus net worth.
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pazx 1405 days ago
I live in Sweden and most SWEs I know earn 6000usd or 72k/year after only 5 years.

Earning above 100k is not uncommon.

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Shaanie 1405 days ago
Earning over 80k SEK per month is uncommon. Not unheard of, but uncommon.
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cpach 1405 days ago
“Earning above 100k is not uncommon.”

OK, I believe that. Still a bit from a really good US salary though.

Did you meet many SWEs that had a total compensation of >5 MM SEK/year?

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