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0 pointsorian7y ago0 comments

Holidays, iPhones and cars cost almost the same everywhere. As an engineer "adjusted" usually means you're underpaid :-)

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lm284697y ago· 1 in thread

Anecdata; I live in berlin and get about the same salary as my uni friends who stayed in Paris.

I live in the city center 5 min away from my office and can eat every single meal in a restaurant + go out every other night for a couple of drinks without even having to look at my bank account.

I'd be bankrupt in two weeks if I had the same lifestyle in Paris. Sure iphones and vacations cost the same, but restraining your day to day life (aka 95% of your life) to get the next apple gadget or plan your next vacation seems like a pretty bleak life plan.

orianOP7y ago

So you've chosen the right place to live. As an engineer who changed the country and got salary adjusted, it's just bad economical life choice. It's better to earn more, your options are just so much wider. You can save money, invest etc.

Before I could buy iPhone for less than 10% of monthly salary, now it would be more like one monthly salary.

I use iPhone as the example, but the life for me is not 10x cheaper, maybe 2-3x.

Therefore, unless you have some other reasons, choose place with highest salaries or companies which don't adjust or work remotely.

koala_man7y ago· 1 in thread

What's your spend on those things compared to housing, food and services?

xenihn7y ago

May as well go to Taiwan if that's your concern.

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