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My friend is the highest paid developer in Amsterdam

Makes an eye-watering €57,000 a year

After taxes nearly €23,000

We were at the bar and the American guy sitting next to us spit out his beer when he heard this

“That’s a 50% tax rate!” he loudly screamed

“Actually 56% with social contributions,” my proud Dutch friend corrected him

“Plus 21% VAT on everything I buy”

“Bro you guys are really poor in Europe lol”

Me and my friend look at each other in disbelief

First of all, €57,000 is an extremely high salary for an engineer in Netherlands

Second, little does that barbaric yankee know, my friend just got promoted to the CTO

His new salary?

€61,000

How is that for "really poor"?

This is what sustainable tech wages look like

I hope my startup will continue to grow so I can pay my engineers such high salaries as well.

Just discovered my 19 year old daughter has an OnlyFans account

I was devastated

She clearly must not be registered as a sole proprietor with the the German Trade Office

I sat her down and asked how much she'd made

She said €4,200

I nearly collapsed

That's at least €1,890 in unreported VAT obligations

She started crying but I did the only thing a good father could do

We spent the entire weekend filling out forms together

She's now fully compliant with a business registration and tax ID

Makes €340/month after taxes and social contributions

I've never been more proud of her

Only 19 and already an online entrepreneur

She has a bright future ahead of her.