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>>pg_123+(OP)
I'll take 5x the salary over a measly 20 extra vacation days any day, thanks. 70k a year for a highly skilled software dev is an absolute joke.

At least that allows me to generate wealth and retire 20-30 years sooner compared to your average German.

>>jdthed+od
German retirement age is 66. So unless you are very young I guess you're retired now? How's that going?

Also congrats on the $350,000 salary as a dev at the age of 30. There's no one in Europe making that as dev, not even in the Netherlands or Switzerland, not even close!

>>apexal+le
In Switzerland, top companies will pay $350k+ for senior engineers and above.

>>mmmmmb+km
Right, with simultaneously lower tax rates.

None of the alleged benefits in Germany offset or justify the discrepancies to similarly developed countries.