The main problem here is that I went for hardware engineering, which almost no one is willing to hire as remote work. I also happen to live in spain, comparing

The main problem here is that I went for hardware engineering, which almost no one is willing to hire as remote work. I also happen to live in spain, comparing with other friends working in the same sector, I’m likely above top 10% in salary/age ratio. Sadly in this country, at age 30 this is 40k€/y that after taxes becomes 29,700€. Rent alone takes more than a third of that, I take ~3500€ directly for savings, and I need to stretch the rest to cover the rest of my costs, including stuff like medical insurance, gas, etc... I know this is partly my chosing and the first comment that will come to a lot of people is “move”, but I can’t do it without heavily disrupting my girlfriend’s career (she’s still finishing her studies and working part time). Our hope right now is that her current job might give her the option to (legally) move to the US.