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The list of billionaires spending big in a last-ditch effort to keep Zohran Mamdani from becoming NYC mayor
(www.businessinsider.com)
this post was submitted on 27 Oct 2025
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Honestly it's probably for the best. 300k/yr (USD) is closer to Sr. Director or Leadership-level money. And maybe that's you? But you're not going to see anything close to that as a senior manager or programmer. Then there's the work-life balance; unless you can afford to live in one of the five buroughs, a commute from outside NYC may make it all very unattractive. Also, I don't know what companies you were looking into, or how much professional drive you have, but a lot of the high paying jobs there are in finance (wall street). These are incredibly high-pressure positions for the money.
I know that tech jobs don't pay the same in the EU, but you may have access to more perks and possibly a higher-quality of life. It really depends on what you value more. Honestly, while I can't advise you realize that NYC dream you have/had, it may be for the best.
I will say that I worked for one week on a business trip in NYC once. I was able to comfortably walk from the train station, to my hotel, and to the shared office-space we leased for the event. It was easy to romanticize being in such a lively place, all within mere minutes of where I was sleeping. Sadly, there was no way to achieve that work/life balance in that place without at least tripling my income. However, it did make me think about how dissatisfied I was in suburbia, and I wound up moving to a small city as a compromise.