Comment by dh2022
1 month ago
What I meant to say is that the lifestyle of the average US dev is not that much better than the lifestyle of the average EU dev. From the examples you gave I only recognized the racing and boating lifestyles - both of which are accessible to EU devs. The planes and horses… not so much.
Now think of a more specific category - big tech employees with 5+ years of experience.
There are a bunch more expensive hobbies, about half of the developers I know (personally outside of work environments) have one or more.
Planes came up because I am getting started with the training for it, horses because my friend has a farm with horses twenty minutes from a major city.