My friend is the highest paid developer in Amsterdam Makes an eye-watering €57,000 a year After taxes nearly €23,000 We were at the bar and the American guy sitting next to us spit out his beer when he heard this “That’s a 50% tax rate!” he loudly screamed “Actually 56% with social contributions,” my proud Dutch friend corrected him “Plus 21% VAT on everything I buy” “Bro you guys are really poor in Europe lol” Me and my friend look at each other in disbelief First of all, €57,000 is an extremely high salary for an engineer in Netherlands Second, little does that barbaric yankee know, my friend just got promoted to the CTO His new salary? €61,000 How is that for "really poor"? This is what sustainable tech wages look like​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ...