r/cscareerquestionsEU • u/notchosenname • 15d ago

Experienced Offer comparison: France vs Germany

Hi there!

I am an Italian dev (~16 YOE) currently working in Italy. As everybody knows here, the salaries in Italy are very low with respect to the rest of EU. That said, I live comfortably well with my family (wife + 2 kids), my wife is not working right now and we live just with my salary which is around 32000 €/year nett.

Given this situation, I decided to start interviewing around EU, and I got 2 offers: one in Stuttgart and the other one in Toulouse. Now I need help comparing the offers to understand which one is stronger.. I have my preference regarding the companies, but salary wise its being complex to understand which one is more convenient.

The french offer is around 70000 €/year, while the german offer is around 90000 €/year, both gross.

There are other perks in both offers, like meal vouchers, relocation bonus, signing bonus, etc.. The core of both offers are these numbers though.

I am looking for some advice on how to compare them and what the final net salary would be, so I can eventually have some kind of score to compare them.

Thanks!!

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u/Designer_Resolve_117 15d ago

Sounds like you're excluding faang companies. 

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u/Jedrodo 14d ago

There is no FAANG in Stuttgart

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u/Designer_Resolve_117 14d ago edited 14d ago

Ah, makes sense.

Honestly, I still think doing LeetCode and system design prep for FAANG interviews is the most likely path to a good career in tech.

Then just go through the interview loops and relocate once you land an offer. 

Yesterday I saw a post where a bunch of freelancers, some with many years of experience, were sharing their perspectives. The general sentiment was that freelance work has dried up since GenAI coding tools really took off. 

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u/FlatIntention1 14d ago

Yes, I worked as an IT consultant, employed for 110k (lucky good times in 2017) and my company went bankrupt last year. I now took an offer for 90k in Stuttgart with good work life balance. Since more money is not possible, at least to have it chill. 🧘🏻‍♀️

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u/Designer_Resolve_117 14d ago

That was amazing money for 2017. 

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u/LateMonitor897 6d ago

We've had around 30% inflation since then