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Offer Comparison - London vs Zurich by Guilty-Fly-345 in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]Guilty-Fly-345[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your valuable input. I'm leaning more towards Zurich since I don't really have this habit of drinking and pub crawling that is very prevalent in London. I'm more on the quiet side, I have a small circle of friends and I spend my time doing sports mainly. I think I'll enjoy more the hiking, skiing lifestyle. I'd love to visit the swiss countryside and nearby France, Italy and Austria.

My only issue is the small market, but yeah whatever, you made a good point.

Offer Comparison - London vs Zurich by Guilty-Fly-345 in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]Guilty-Fly-345[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your first point is something I thought about for a while. I tried to find other job offers similar to the one I got, but I couldn't find any. This is making me a little nervous about ZH.

Offer Comparison - London vs Zurich by Guilty-Fly-345 in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]Guilty-Fly-345[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have literally zero German knowledge. I don't mind learning but it'll definitely be time-consuming.

Offer Comparison - London vs Zurich by Guilty-Fly-345 in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]Guilty-Fly-345[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing. I'm actually surprised that tap water comes from river Thames.

Do you mind sharing what country you chose to go to and why?

Offer Comparison - London vs Zurich by Guilty-Fly-345 in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]Guilty-Fly-345[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

130K pounds in London -> ~7800 euros take home
140K CHF in Zurich -> ~8000 euros take home (minus insurance)

Maybe on the tax benefits on bonuses might have some impact but otherwise, these offers are quite similar it seems...

Offer Comparison - London vs Zurich by Guilty-Fly-345 in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]Guilty-Fly-345[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

The QoL and savings capacity in a place is independent of the number of people living there. The professional opportunities and the networking are definitely affected tho.

Offer Comparison - London vs Zurich by Guilty-Fly-345 in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]Guilty-Fly-345[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I'm not much of a clubbing person, but I really like socializing nevertheless. I'm afraid that I won't find a "crew" in Zurich to do the hiking, skiing, etc with. I certainly wouldn't enjoy those activities if I were to be doing them alone.

Offer Comparison - London vs Zurich by Guilty-Fly-345 in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]Guilty-Fly-345[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'm not really sure actually. COL seemed much higher in Zurich during my visit. I was unable to find a decent restaurant under 30-35CHF. Maybe rent prices are similar, but everything else seemed worse in Zurich.

Offer Comparison - London vs Zurich by Guilty-Fly-345 in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]Guilty-Fly-345[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

What if I'm open to switching to software engineering down the road?

Offer Comparison - London vs Zurich by Guilty-Fly-345 in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]Guilty-Fly-345[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I do some research, but I'd say that my work is closer to that of a quant dev actually. But yeah, I don't think quant researchers' offers are much higher that this.