cakeplease

These threads always make me sad. Even an entry-level position in the US makes more money than I do. There doesn't seem to be much competition here. I do get a lot of recruiting emails but most of them just ignore me after I mention my current salary. Granted, I am very fortunate to make 100000€ a year (mostly stock so varies a lot)

Working remotely for a US company would be one option but there is a massive time zone difference. Also, the recruiting messages from US companies (e.g. Turing) seemed to treat Europeans as cheap labor who are not entitled to stock grants.

I would be wary of using this to play online. I would assume chess.com/lichess anti-cheating algorithms would notice the robotic mouse pattern and eventually ban you.

It is also homophobic as the word "lesbian" is one of the words censored.

I am confused by this comment. Finland and other EU countries offer startup visas and the requirements for them require minimal capital. Recruiting outside of EU is also relatively easy since there is no artificial cap and no significant salary requirements like with H1B. It's a cakewalk compared to the monsterity that is the US visa system.