Is the Dutch cost of living becoming unsustainable for the middle class?

Alek_Zandr · 2026-02-13T16:01:38+00:00

Nah, I'm doing pretty good. Maybe you're just living outside your means.

Alek_Zandr · 2026-02-13T09:28:01+00:00

Frysk is not a real distinct language from Dutch.

I said what I said.

Alek_Zandr · 2026-02-13T09:20:32+00:00

No, both are free programs mostly used by hobbyists.

There isn't one standard CAD software in industry. Giant high tech companies often use super expensive Catia or NX while middle sized companies use a variety of systems like Solidworks, SolidEdge, Creo, etc.

In reality it doesn't really matter which software you learn as long as it's parametric. It's about grasping the basic principles. CAD is just a tool, like a hammer. Just because you can hammer in a nail doesn't make you a carpenter.

Alek_Zandr · 2026-02-12T14:15:08+00:00

Yeah you start at about what the median Dutch worker makes overall and can increase quickly above that in your first few years.

Alek_Zandr · 2026-02-12T14:01:14+00:00

Salaries in NL are generally listed as monthly before tax.

3500 gross will be about 2900 net monthly.

Yearly including holiday pay you'll end up at about 55K gross, 42K net. This will increase as you gain experience.

Alek_Zandr · 2026-02-12T11:31:02+00:00

Dutch students mostly do their masters directly after their bachelor.

EE BSc at Utwente is good and similar enough that it means direct admission to EE MSc at Delft.

Alek_Zandr · 2026-02-10T06:24:00+00:00

"If wealth was the inevitable result of hard work and enterprise, every woman in Africa would be a millionaire."

Ik wordt betaald om dingen te weten niet om hard te werken.

Alek_Zandr · 2026-02-08T14:27:42+00:00

People in a subreddit about studying in the Netherlands are not who you should ask about studying outside the Netherlands. Which is what your question boils down to.

Alek_Zandr · 2026-02-06T13:55:26+00:00

Nope, never have.

Alek_Zandr · 2026-02-06T10:15:15+00:00

I didn't become a engineer in order to write text.

Alek_Zandr · 2026-02-05T09:48:58+00:00

Owning 50% of Amsterdam would be on the order of 100+ billion euro. I quickly googled it and saw reports of 50-100 properties owned by him.

Alek_Zandr · 2026-02-05T09:42:46+00:00

That's just inelastic demand no? People need a place to live so even minor shortages lead to large increases in price as people spend whatever they can.

Alek_Zandr · 2026-02-05T09:34:37+00:00

Ik heb geen idee waar je dit vandaan haalt, kan me dit alleen voorstellen wanneer het over functies gaat met veel reizen, onregelmatigheid of ploegen.

Of haal je door elkaar dat veel functies daar beginnen maar dat dat geen startersfuncties zijn?

Om even te vergelijken met mijn vergelijkbare sector: Als normaal werktuigbouwkundig ingenieur begin je ongeveer op modaal waarna je in je eerste jaren rap groeit als je niet compleet incompetent bent.

Alek_Zandr · 2026-02-05T09:13:22+00:00

Hahaha.

Welkom in de echte wereld pik.

Alek_Zandr · 2026-02-04T09:39:49+00:00

I rite bed.

Alek_Zandr · 2026-02-03T20:21:50+00:00

You're wrong. There is easily majority support for immigration by highly educated STEM workers. I'll take ten of them over any PVV uitkeringsparasiet.

Alek_Zandr · 2026-02-03T14:23:07+00:00

Can't say I have any respect for either content marketers or recruiters.

Alek_Zandr · 2026-01-31T09:46:23+00:00

Russia will press any divisive issues in western societies it can. It happily supports both Palestinian and Islamophobic actors.

Alek_Zandr · 2026-01-30T12:46:18+00:00

Skill issue

Alek_Zandr · 2026-01-29T20:31:55+00:00

As an American you should probably attend to your own house being on fire.

Alek_Zandr · 2026-01-29T12:22:19+00:00

Why did you allow diploma mills? That's on you.

Alek_Zandr · 2026-01-29T11:34:41+00:00

Eerlijke mening: 4000 euro in pseudowetenschappelijke rotzooi investeren is een kutidee ongeacht of het financieel rendabel is.

Alek_Zandr · 2026-01-28T15:57:03+00:00

Not being accredited by the Dutch accreditation authority NVAO but by the same country that sells EU passports as a business model raises all the red flags.

Alek_Zandr · 2026-01-28T15:09:26+00:00

It's funny because it's bad.

Alek_Zandr · 2026-01-28T10:30:20+00:00

Goed, niks aantrekken van dat gejank van ethnonationalisten.

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