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> 80k+ salaries.

Last time I intensively job searched in Berlin there was a clear salary ceiling at 70-75k EUR annually for software roles.

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While 80k is above a median for a senior software developer, it is not unattainable, as far as I know.

Can you provide sources?

The only one I know https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/13p6Hr9kSZuVKbQgO...

Amazon Berlin has >€80k for entry level roles.

FAANG typically pay more than everyone else.

Also sites like glassdoor report 70k for the average Berlin Amazon Software Engineer Salary.

https://www.glassdoor.com/Salary/Amazon-Software-Development...

Add the additional pay for a total comp of more than 80k. Might be out of the norm for L4, but that's what I was offered.

I was interviewed onsite at Amazon's Berlin office. The breathless technical marathon ensured me they're place for toxic assholes and the only motivation for going through the process could be above the market salary. Having given up on trying during the process I truly regret the time I wasted on dealing with them.

I'm not sure how long ago you looked, but that definitely isn't the case, both from research and personal experience.

Startups with no money yes but places like Zalando pay ~100k total comp. People working for places like Microsoft or GitHub more like ~150k.

https://www.levels.fyi/Salaries/Software-Engineer/Berlin-Ger...

I was pulled through so many hopeless recruitment processes, tests, take home assignments, teasing sessions that I simply have no reason to believe these amounts. No promise will make me sacrifice even an hour more. Like literally - email me already an employment contract with this amount on it.

I mean, I don’t do whiteboard coding interviews either. But Amazons, Zalandos and Wayfairs pay that.

https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/software-engineering-sala...

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