> which by Berlin standards is an amazing result.
They only, and rightfully, get pissed when mega corps like google/amazon come in the city center, buy a 40 storey building and starts paying everyone 100% more than the average for the same position.
They only, and rightfully, get pissed when mega corps like google/amazon come in the city center, buy a 40 storey building and starts paying everyone 100% more than the average for the same position.
From comments on here people have been saying the developers are seen as the poor cousins to traditional Engineers.
There isn't a single cause to that but these companies are definitely part of it. If no one could rent these flats they wouldn't be that pricey... There is a lot of affordable housing too, I'm in the process of looking for a flat and a good 30% of them requires a Wohnberechtigungsschein
- Zalando
- HERE Technologies
- N26
- Delivery Hero
- Soundcloud
- VW/Mercedes/Porsche backend startups (Proshare, Coup, Porsche Digital Lab)
And many smaller ones. From my circle, most Senior engineers earn in the 70-100k range total compensation. Since Berlin is still quite affordable, that allows a good standard of living.