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benhurmarcel
on Oct 2, 2019
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Why It’s Hard for Startups to Create Wealth in Eur...
However in Spain you get an engineer for half the before-taxes salary compared to the US. Even if you add 30% it's still a lot cheaper.
Cost isn't the reason.
jen20
on Oct 2, 2019
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Depending on where in the US, even half is pushing it in most of Europe. For juniors, probably 20% of the cost of the US is more reasonable - especially in the 'startup land' of the Bay Area for example.
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Cost isn't the reason.