Re: Re: London PHP salaries

Nope, that is Euros. But imagine that i pay 250 for my car each month, 330 for rent, then I have a girlfriend who lives an hour away... gosh, that little bit of money is going down like the titanic *g* Been thinking of selling some scripts of mine on the internet tho to make some more... let's see what my boss has to think about that *gg* Cheerio mate Chris ""Daniel Brown"" <parasane@gmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:ab5568160706141113v2fddb7edv336ee36e9ff2451e@mail.gmail.com... On 6/14/07, Chris <christian@chftp.com> wrote: > Daniel > > My net (after taxes) are about 22k. So you better think twice before > moving > to germany ;o) > > Chris > > ""Daniel Brown"" <parasane@gmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag > > news:ab5568160706141017n412ef9edp8712b3acd65ccbbe@mail.gmail.com... > On 6/14/07, Colin Guthrie <gmane@colin.guthr.ie> wrote: > > Chris wrote: > > > Hi Javier, > > > > > > well, in germany (at least what I have seen so far)... the min offer > > > was > > > around 23k. I get about that money myself, and I live really cheap, > > > with > > > a > > > cheap car (cheapest you can get), and a girlfriend who doesn't need or > > > want > > > much. So if you have a family, in a town like London: go for at least > > > twice > > > that. AT LEAST :o) go for 30k, and if they don't wnan give you that, > > > you > > > better stop thinking about that job. > > > > Also make sure you don't get confused with currencies and remember we > > still use GBP in UK, not EUR! > > > > Consider that London Underground general workers can be on £22k and I'd > > suggest as a lead PHP developer in Zone 1 you'd be looking for at least > > £30k (GBP NOT EUR!) but probably more considering relocation costs and > > family considerations etc. > > > > Col. > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > Shit, *I* need to move to London, Spain, or Germany. As the > senior PHP/Unix geek in my company (not "a" senior, "the" senior), I > only make a salary of $31,200 with barely any benefits. That comes > out to 23,443.39 EUR, or 15,844.62 GBP at present (courtesy of > XE.com). > > The area I live in doesn't offer much in the way of technical > jobs, so any of you considering moving to America, keep in mind the > difference in economic climates and microclimates, as well as the > salary-to-cost-of-living ratio (which is shrinking rather quickly). > -- > Daniel P. Brown > [office] (570-) 587-7080 Ext. 272 > [mobile] (570-) 766-8107 > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > Yeah, but that's not in US Dollars either, is it? -- Daniel P. Brown [office] (570-) 587-7080 Ext. 272 [mobile] (570-) 766-8107