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by phkahler 618 days ago
>> Yup, switched from embedded (on high-speed trains), to modern backend, x4 my salary.

These comments leave me confused. My Michigan based understanding would have you both poorly paid for embedded work and obscenely paid for backend work. I know some folks in CA make 200K and up, I'm just not sure how common that is. And anyone doing embedded should be at least 100K, so I don't see an easy x4.
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coumbaya 618 days ago
Ah, the explanation is quite simple and I should've included it, sorry. I'm working in France, so I was at more or less 25k in embedded (not poor by french standard for my age, and had a lot of extra perks (like free train) compared to other companies, but not great either. I doubled when I started working for a french startup, and doubled again when I started working for an US-based startup.
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phkahler 617 days ago
Oh you changed countries in there too! That explains it ;-)
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