The Trimodal Nature of Software Engineer Compensation: Why Positions Pay a (Very) Different Salary

There can be a 2-5x difference in compensation / salary for the same software engineering position, in the same location in Europe and Canada. But why?

Please share your EU software engineering salary, if you've not done so: http://pragmaticurl.com/salary . In the next video(s), we'll go through specific numbers, based on both this data and numbers I've sourced from a few verified sources.

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- Getting into the #3 type of companies (preparing for the coding & systems design interviews): https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/pr...
- Email advice for senior and above interviews at Big Tech (please don't forward): https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/te...


00:00 - Intro
01:16 - The 3 salary distributions
04:27 - The #3 type of companies
07:41 - How can you get into these companies?
08:23 - Important things outside salary
10:20 - Differences between the 3 company types
12:00 - Advice in getting into Big Tech at the senior and above levels

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