throwaway908365

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by throwaway908365 4y ago
You have an easier time earning money in a high-cost area and are then able to move to a lower-cost area when you are retiring. I on the other hand, can not do the opposite. Additionally, while we Europeans like to make ourself feel better
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by throwaway908365 4y ago
This is not how taxes work. 42% is the marginal rate, not the effective rate.
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by throwaway908365 4y ago
Think about it this way: I am in the top earning 2%. It is only possible to buy such a home if you have a partner, who makes similiar numbers and then together decide to dedicate your life to it. The 98% of the rest cannot do it. Ergo I am
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by throwaway908365 4y ago
Welcome :). Berlin in January is tough, even for German standards. 1. Just get a tax advisor who is fine speaking English with you. Just let him do everything in the beginning. Afterwards you can do more of that yourself. Try to be classifi
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by throwaway908365 4y ago
> 15 years of experience might also mean they are excellent at PHP+jQuery but have never heard of Rails+React ;) Not in this case. It is 15 years of proper software engineering and devops experience, for times in leading positions with a
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by throwaway908365 4y ago
It is gross, but very hard to compare, because it does not include your employer having to pay halfes on social securities. Actual gross would be something like 120k, but with obligatory expenses, you cannot opt out of. Net would be somethi
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by throwaway908365 4y ago
> - 13th salary as a Christmas gift (so +8.3% salary) My 100k number is all-in. > Also, with a bit of searching, you can rent a house with garden for €2000 per month even in large cities like Hamburg or Berlin. As a result, an 100k€ a
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by throwaway908365 4y ago
Have not been laid off and I am not living in the bay area, but in Germany. Still wanted to offer some perspective. ~15 years fullstack and DevOps experience, visited top local university, no degree. Mostly Python + some other languages. Ha