[LRUG] UK salaries? Just curious...

Matthew Rudy Jacobs matthewrudyjacobs at gmail.com
Fri Mar 7 02:29:30 PST 2008


It probably makes sense to follow my example;

Live with your parents until your late 30s,
Commute into London every day,
Make sure you have no social life,

Thereby you can take advantage of the higher london salary, without exposing
yourself to the associated higher costs.
Maximise your income,
Minimise your outgoings,
BOOM!!!

Works even better if your parents live in the middle of London.
Maybe a nice soho flat?

On 07/03/2008, David Salgado <david at digitalronin.com> wrote:
>
> I was chatting to a senior developer at a startup the other night, who had
> moved here from Los Angeles. We didn't discuss numbers, but he mentioned
> that even though the equivalent dollar amount was higher, he worked out that
> he'd actually taken a 30% pay cut by moving to London, after accounting for
> the differing costs of living.
> In defense of London, I should point out that he loves it here, partly for
> the 5 weeks paid holiday a year and free healthcare, but mainly because
> we're just so cool. ;)
>
> David
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