Jim is awesome . I ' m seeing him this Saturday in Vegas actually ! Also , I ' m a jazz trumpeter as well . Saw your post in Freecompliments . Keep it up . There ' s work out there , you just gotta love what you do , and not be afraid to try new things . <| sep |> Okay , but to confirm , you ' re hoping the sector crashes , affecting roughly 1 million people , to suit your political preferences <| sep |> The grass looks greener on the other side . <| sep |> Your Breibart safe space is ruining America . <| sep |> Whoa awesome thanks ! Now I just need to come up with a good story to tell my wife and kid , to explain why there is no money for Christmas this year <| sep |> OK , Belgium ? Well , checking Payscale data the average salary for a software engineer in Brussels is 37 KSoftwareEngineerSalary 45 dd 1 b 5 fBrussels . In Barcelona is 32 KSoftwareEngineerSalary 690 f 492 cBarcelona the same as in M a d r idSoftwareEngineerSalaryf 2 fbdedcMadrid . That ' s around 15 % more in Brussels , some difference , but I wouldn ' t call that salary a joke .