Re: 5th March 12.00 CET
Reply #27 –
Xipos, 15k euro for a dev? annually?
You get more than double that on the dole
I'm an expat Norwegian living in Riga
Alright, 20k is a more reasonable approximation, but junior devs get around 1-1,2k euros/mo here, seasoned devs with some years experience can get around 1,6k euros/mo (brutto), top-notch pros get almost scandinavian salaries and get to live like they are millionaires. The Baltics has become a hotspot in northern europe for all things IT (Accenture, Evry, Atea, almost every scandinavian online casino, Oracle and more have huge offices here). Fresh dev kids are skilled, especially in Java (Darkfall's server components are written in Java), and you could get C++ devs for a slightly higher budget at around 2k euros/mo (also brutto).
Because of the low costs of labor, VCs are funding startups like crazy here; lower burnrate on employees, and the core devs are usually part of the founding team.