India, July 1 -- An Indian software engineer earning Rs.45 lakh per annum posed a question to the developers community in India about a job offer in a Berlin startup, which has triggered heated opinions online. In a Reddit post titled "India or Germany? FinTech Startup offer in Berlin," the senior software engineer wrote that he was recently laid off but received a job offer in Germany paying 80,000 euros a year.

"I am a senior software engineer with 8 years of experience, drawing a 45+ LPA salary(in hand, perks are also provided separately). I was laidoff recently and started giving interviews, even to companies hiring outside India. Got a chance to give interviews for a Fintech startup in Berlin, but I am in doubt whether it is a good ...