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We are comparing salaries of Software Engineers between the US and the UK. A Senior Developer position won't pay more than 90K in the UK outside of London. In t

We are comparing salaries of Software Engineers between the US and the UK. A Senior Developer position won't pay more than 90K in the UK outside of London. In the US I see well over that for a Senior Developer position. Even in your examples (which are higher position than what was being discussed) they didn't top out past 90K (just like I said). Whereas in the US you can earn much more quite easily.

UK-AL 2y ago
You've moved the goal posts. You said 60k if your lucky. I just found multiple jobs that pay more than that easily. 85k job up north is a comparable lifestyle than 100k+ job in London.
- GasVeteran 2y ago
  > You've moved the goal posts. You said 60k if your lucky. No I didn't. I suggest you re-read the thread. I said 75K-90K max. > I just found multiple jobs that pay more than that easily. There are always certainly outliers. However most of those places usually have a bunch of iffy things going on e.g. you have to live at your workstation/laptop, or they are in the middle of no where. Enforced pair programming (fuck that btw), or have a stupid interview process (no I won't go through the humiliation rituals anymore). However the vast majority of positions are paying max 65-70K for a Senior Dev. I am glad that you managed to find something. But the rest of us haven't been as lucky.
  - UK-AL 2y ago
    "Most software dev roles in the UK top out between £40 and £50k, £60k if you're lucky" was the comment I was replying to. But I agree we don't compete with the USA. Even London struggles with that.
    - GasVeteran 2y ago
      Yeh I figured that. No worries.