• acchariya@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago
    1. Not a high skilled worker
    2. Don’t live in America any longer

    No, if I’m between real jobs, I do whatever other sorts of work needed to pay my bills. I have worked with plenty of high skilled people who did just as I described though, immigrants, Americans, etc. they earn twice a European salary for two years, then get laid off in a downturn or quit and spend a year doing dumb shit and net out ahead anyway.

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      1 month ago

      What are you talking about.

      they earn twice a European salary for two years

      What industry are you in that an American salary is competitive with a European equivalent? Not only is the cost of living in Europe lower than it is in the United States the renumerations are also consistently higher.

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        1 month ago

        The only American salaries consistently lower than European salaries are service worker salaries, who are not high skilled workers.

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        1 month ago

        Probably healthcare, doctors, nurses, PA’s, techs etc. make a lot less in Europe than in the US. But they also don’t have nearly the associated debt.