Thank you. I think I'll just bite the bullet here :) > I don't know where you are, but I find this statement puzzling. I've lived both in South America and in

Thank you. I think I'll just bite the bullet here :) > I don't know where you are, but I find this statement puzzling. I've lived both in South America and in Germany, and in both cases software development is a well-paid job due to a general shortage of programmers. So question number one would be: are you sure that you looked in the right places? And if so, have you considered moving? I'm based in southern Spain. In this exact location and intitution, the average salary for a programmer (experienced or not, you're considered a resource) is around 22.000€. I have a lot of friends making that amount, or even less, having one child to raise. Moving is not an option right now, sadly. I appreciate your advice regarding visibility when stating from zero. Thank you again.