Sorry for them- after I got laid off in 2023 I had a devil of a time finding work to the point my unemployment ran out - 20 years as a dev and tech lead and full stack, including stints as a EM and CTO

Since then I pivoted to AI and Gen AI startups- money is tight and I dont have health insurance but at least I have a job…

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averageRoyalty 15 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

> 20 years as a dev and tech lead and full stack, including stints as a EM and CTO

> Since then I pivoted to AI and Gen AI startups- money is tight and I dont have health insurance but at least I have a job…

I hope this doesn't come across as rude, but why? My understanding is American tech pays very well, especially on the executive level. I understand for some odd reason your country is against public healthcare, but surely a year of big tech money is enough to pay for decades of private health insurance?

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wickedsight 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Come to Europe. Salaries are (much) lower, but we can use good devs and you'll have vacation days and health care.

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klardotsh 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Moving to Europe is anything but trivial. Have you looked at y'all's immigration processes recently? It can be a real bear.

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kergonath 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yeah. It is much harder now than it used to be. I know a couple of people who came from the US ~15 to 10 years ago and they had it easy. It was still a nightmare with banks that don’t want to deal with US citizens, though.

As Americans, getting a long-term visa or residency card is not too hard, provided you have a good job. It’s getting the job that’s become more difficult. For other nationalities, it can range from very easy to very hard.

	▲	trinix912 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah it depends on which countries you're interested in. Netherlands, Ireland, and the Scandinavian ones are on the easier side as they don't require language fluency to get (dev) jobs, and their languages aren't too hard to learn either.

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nicbou an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I made a career out of understanding this. In Germany it’s quite feasible. The only challenge is finding affordable housing, just like elsewhere. The other challenge is the speed of the process, but some cities are getting better, including Berlin. Language is a bigger issue in the current job market though.

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nothrabannosir 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

If you have a US or Japanese passport and want to try NL: https://expatlaw.nl/dutch-american-friendship-treaty aka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DAFT . It applies to freelancers.

	▲	wickedsight 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah, I'm in NL, so this is my frame of reference. Also, in many companies English is the main language, so that helps.

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alecco an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

The tech sector in UK/EU is bad, too. And the cost of living in big cities is terrible for the salaries.

They are outsourcing just as much as US Big Tech. And never mind the slow-mo economic collapse of UK, France, and Germany.