Depending on your priorities, a move to Germany/Europe as an US based software engineer might be something you think about longer. Without going deeper into tha

Depending on your priorities, a move to Germany/Europe as an US based software engineer might be something you think about longer. Without going deeper into that discussion: The salaries are mostly lower for software engineers than in the US while the taxes are higher. Counter to that is the stronger social net, universal healthcare, unemployment benefits. It gets obviously more complex depending on where you move as the cost of living fluctuates wildly.