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Yep. Few people where I live envy the US, but if you're a developer the money is no joke. You have to expect that eventually all those big American tech companies will start offshoring, given the crazy money they could save.
That's what I tell fellow devs around here. Try the U.S. for one or two years, especially if they offer shares. Then move back. Profit!
I moved from Australia to the USA since salaries for developers are so much higher here. I live in Silicon Valley which helps too. If you're a senior developer (say 5+ years of experience) then a lot of the large companies here pay $200-300k/year salary plus $100-200k/year in company stock plus a bonus that's 10-20% of salary if you get a good performance review.
Ugh. Holy shit I went into the wrong field 🥲 I was just a kid. I didn't know better
I got lucky since I've been into computers and programming since I was 8 years old (late 90s). My first job when I was at school was a part-time developer at a tiny IT company that did consulting work. Since then, all my jobs have been software development jobs.
The fact that it pays well in places like Silicon Valley was a great bonus. I moved here 10 years ago (when I was 23) after I got a job offer, and the starting salary was literally double what I was getting paid in Australia at the time.
The job changes a bit as you get more senior - there's more mentoring of junior devs, project planning, deciding what your team should focus on, etc. I still spend a lot of my time writing code though, and still enjoy it. :)
There's some downsides to living in Silicon Valley. A lot of stuff is expensive (that applies for California in general, but especially here). Housing is extremely expensive too.