> I could still buy a car, a house, raise a family, have some savings, etc.
You are an outlier. Very few SDEs in EU can afford to raise a family in their own SFH on a single salary while living in a location with any notable IT jobs market.
You are an outlier. Very few SDEs in EU can afford to raise a family in their own SFH on a single salary while living in a location with any notable IT jobs market.
No I am definitely not.
In every company I worked for, in three different countries, my coworkers were in similar situations.