Ask HN: What's a reasonable salary at a Berlin startup?

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by stephanos2k • 13 years ago

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I'm preparing for some interviews. Being a freelancer I don't have many data points. If you ask people directly no one tells you anything. Glassdoor doesn't have enough information about startup companies.

So what is a reasonable salary for a backend engineer with 5+ years experience at a Berlin startup? Minimum, maximum, median?

DonaldDerek• 13 years ago

5 7.5 10 K Euros

stephanos2k• 13 years ago

thanks for the data point!

Peroni2• 13 years ago

Are these monthly or annual figures?

If monthly, that sounds insanely high for Europe.

If annual, that sounds insanely low for Europe.

trin_2• 13 years ago

well not high for europe, maybe berlin but in hamburg 5 years of expertise could very well get you 60k+

professorTuring2• 13 years ago

That's definitely not truth.

solve• 13 years ago

Just aim for similar to non-startup companies, unless there's huge relative career value in working at the particular startup.

Europe employee options won't be worth jack. The liquidation preferences are worse than is typical in the US. Your options will be totally wiped out. Don't be fooled by comparisons to US startups, in this respect.

professorTuring2• 13 years ago

A friend of mine has started working three months ago in Berlin at a StartUp as a backend engineer and has 5+ years experience.

He is doing 40k € + relocation (around 2-3k) + bonus.

Bonus depends on the startup.

smartician• 13 years ago

After 5 years of J2EE in the ERP space I was making EUR 52k. But that was 6 years ago.

Ask HN: What's a reasonable salary at a Berlin startup?

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