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.

Mentions in the video:
- Equity for software engineers: https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/equity-for-software-engineers/
- The trimodal nature of software engineering salaries: https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/software-engineering-salaries-in-the-netherlands-and-europe/
- My book on tech resumes: https://thetechresume.com/
- Getting into the #3 type of companies (preparing for the coding & systems design interviews): https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/preparing-for-the-systems-design-and-coding-interviews/
- Email advice for senior and above interviews at Big Tech (please don't forward): https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/tech-interviews/
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

Books I've written (and am writing):
- Software engineering resumes: https://thetechresume.com/
- Building Mobile Apps at Scale: http://mobileatscale.com/
- The Software Engineer's Guidebook: https://www.engguidebook.com/
- All books: https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/books/

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