India, April 15 -- A techie-turned-founder has sparked discussion online after highlighting the stark salary gap between the UK and the US tech industries, claiming that engineers can earn up to five times more for the same work by simply changing geography.

In an Instagram post, Junead Khan, founder of personal finance app Treasury, shared his personal journey from turning down a job offer in the UK to landing a significantly higher-paying role in the US. He said he had interned at JPMorgan in London during university and received a full-time offer of around $38,000 per year. However, he said that he chose not to accept the offer. "In the UK, $38K for a new grad in tech is above average. I turned it down," Khan said.

Instead, the techi...