Developer salary spreadsheet compiled from tweets
What is this spreadsheet supposed to prove? It sounds like its either a ego-measuring contest of which company has the best salaries + compensation with position in a certain country (Hint: It&#x27;s still FAAMNG in Silicon Valley) or it is a giant weird flexing spreadsheet to show that devs in developed countries are paid more that those in third-world countries (Even those who work remotely).<p>The compensation in somewhere like California is still high due to the cost of living such as the high rents, travel, childcare and most importantly healthcare which isn&#x27;t free unlike some places like the UK it is but paid via taxes. This is why some people don&#x27;t understand when they see a certain celebrity programmer on this spreadsheet that works for one of the FAAMNGs and is apparently &#x27;paid less&#x27; in the UK but some lesser known devs in the US are &#x27;paid more&#x27; in the same company.<p>Again it turns out that it depends on the country they are in and it seems to be similar to something called &#x27;Purchasing Power Parity&#x27;.