[FirmwareBurner]

>European developer brain drain will continue with the brightest minds coming to America.

No need to deal with all the US emigration issues and challenges. US big-tech already have offices in Europe where European devs, scientists and researchers contribute to the prosperity of the US tech sector because they get paid more than at EU companies, while still getting to enjoy the benefits of living in Europe vs the US.

[YetAnotherNick]

Paying 1/3rd for the same cost of living.

[hnlmorg]

I’ve hired and worked in both California and Europe. The cost of living is definitely not the same.

[YetAnotherNick]

What's your point? There are places in California more expensive than most of Europe, and there are places in Europe which is more expensive than most of California.

What I said was that if you take two cities which have same cost of living, the salary is like 2-3x higher in US.

[hnlmorg]

I thought my point was pretty clear: there isn’t two cities with the same cost of living AND where the US still pays 2-3x higher in the US.

Every time this conversation comes up on HN, the only examples people can cite is when remote working is taken into account. Which isn’t a fair comparison at all.

[jdthedisciple]

Haha, sad but seems true on the face of it?