Comment by Herring

1 month ago

lol good luck. Both of those are way harder than paying union dues.

And there's no guarantee the empire won't find you wherever you go. War is an excellent counter to inequality, it works much better than progressive taxation or collective bargaining.

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raw_anon_1111  1 month ago

It’s a lot easier when you make 3x the comp of the average developer in the EU and I am not even in BigTech (anymore).

I can absolutely guarantee you that the average enterprise CRUD developer living in a 2nd tier US city is better off than a developer in the EU. Let alone the top 10-20% working in BigTech or equivalent.

  • fastasucan  24 days ago

    Have you factored in healthcare costs, welfare (if you ever need that), childcare/kindergarten costs, benefit of living in a safe society, sick leave, holiday, worker protection, better work/life balance etc when you say better off?

    • raw_anon_1111  24 days ago

      Yes my “if I lose my job” budget includes $1000 month for health insurance on the open market or my wife still has her CDL. She doesn’t with now. But she could easily get a job as a school bus driver and get insurance. That was basically why she worked for the first 8 years of our marriage.

      Every professional company gives sick leave (usually 10 days), holidays (usually 10 days), paid vacation (usually 15-20 days), I have never had a job where I was expected to work for more than 40 hours a week in 30 years across 10 jobs. If it did, I would get another job .

      If you make three times the wages, it pays for a lot of stuff - including self funding your emergency fund, child care cost etc.