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Why are engineering salaries so poor in the UK? Or, why does the US pay so well?
J Chien:
Health care, education, etc., are not for educated foreigners. Paid vacation days are not applicable if you want to be promoted faster. Therefore all favourable in the UK are not suitable for me (and other people like me)
As an Asian, I didn't receive any social benefit (bloody hell). The only reason I stay here is that it's easier to find a job compared to the US (where the visa is harder to obtain).
My friends who went to the US typically earn double the money I can get here.
vk6zgo:
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--- Quote from: Harb on May 23, 2018, 02:44:02 pm ---I have been pretty lucky to own my own TV
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What? You own your own TV on an engineers salary. Well mr fancy pants :)
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Does your comprehension often have these "dropouts"?
voltsandjolts:
I have a couple of uni friends who work in IT in the London finance / banking sector. They earn well into 6 figure salaries. I could probably match them, if I worked 672 hours a week!
To be honest, IT is probably a pivot that most people here could make and do well at, but meh, there is no where near the creativity level required for electronics design, and thats what I enjoy.
tggzzz:
--- Quote from: voltsandjolts on April 01, 2024, 03:58:49 pm ---I have a couple of uni friends who work in IT in the London finance / banking sector. They earn well into 6 figure salaries. I could probably match them, if I worked 672 hours a week!
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They need that amount of money. After all they need custom PPE in order to avoid smelling the stench. Think of it as danger money.
coppice:
--- Quote from: voltsandjolts on April 01, 2024, 03:58:49 pm ---I have a couple of uni friends who work in IT in the London finance / banking sector. They earn well into 6 figure salaries. I could probably match them, if I worked 672 hours a week!
To be honest, IT is probably a pivot that most people here could make and do well at, but meh, there is no where near the creativity level required for electronics design, and thats what I enjoy.
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The finance sector is pretty much the only thing left in the UK that operates in world class volumes. You can't pay big R&D salaries when you have to spread that NRE over a modest volume of RE. You also can't afford to get they cheapest people when incompetence means millions of units could have a serious recall problem.
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