I grew up in Europe and now live in Seattle. I'd agree with @DVassallo about Dublin being a good jumping off point. Moving over to the US typically requires a

I grew up in Europe and now live in Seattle. I'd agree with @DVassallo about Dublin being a good jumping off point. Moving over to the US typically requires a corporate sponsor for L-1, and you must work 12+ months for them overseas before they can petition to transfer you to the US, or winning the H-1B lottery. I think the cost to relocate someone to the US is between $50-100k depending on what benefits they offer employees. Therefore you need to consider the companies motivation - why would they spend that money, and increase their payroll cost by having you in a more expensive market? You need to be a good investment for them. Additionally, I think it's _also_ worth noting that FB E7+ and the equivalent roles at AMZN and GOOG which pay $1MM+ are typically 1-3% of engineers in the company, and for every person making $1MM+ there are many making much less. Finally when you're a 'visa slave' (here on a corporate-sponsored visa which doesn't give you an option to quit and find another employer, the L-1 is an example of this) there's less motivation for the US entity to pay you extraordinary amounts of money. I don't mean to discourage you. I do think it's worth noting this is a hard road to travel. Some luck is involved too.