Germany and Ireland are the same as the UK
https://www.payscale.com/research/DE/Job=Senior_Software_Eng...
https://www.payscale.com/research/IE/Job=Senior_Software_Eng...
Denmark appears to be slightly higher but Denmark is also more expensive than the UK.
Overall far from the alleged big difference.
one thing is what is on payscale another is what you see on the payslip, 60k+ in DE is not hard to get for senior dev
And as for Germany, it shouldn't be 60+, but rather 80+ to match the expectation of being significantly more.
The suggestion of moving simply is flawed.
what problem are you solving? no, you cant get rich by coding as an employee, anywhere. you can try to sweat your balls as a contractor + do tax magic and have a 'decent' living, or start a company and make a product - very risky.
as job coders are 21st century factory workers, its not on lawyer/doctor/accountant level.
> as job coders are 21st century factory workers, its not on lawyer/doctor/accountant level.
Fair enough, but this proves the author's point. Development used to be on such a level and has steadily declined.
I agree, I know a few "old timers" and they seem to have it better in the early days. I guess this is the case with all human activity, over time it becomes optimized as know-how spreads to more people.
The best professions long term are those where gate keeping is employed (license, nepotism, high creativity, people able to perform at top 1%), short term profession gets a boost from being "the new thing", which programing is not anymore.