Education is a choice in our industry. I'm self taught and I'm paid the same as colleagues with PhDs. As for medical care, all half decent tech employers provi

Education is a choice in our industry. I'm self taught and I'm paid the same as colleagues with PhDs. As for medical care, all half decent tech employers provide comprehensive healthcare coverage. I don't know what you've been reading, but unless healthcare costs $200,000 a year (it doesn't cost 1/10th of that), you're better off in the US. As for "worse infrastructure", you'll have to be specific. There's crumbling infrastructure all over the US and Europe. Worse medical care is also a stretch. In fact, in some areas (heart attacks and strokes, for example) the US is a world leader. [1] I'll remind you that new grads in the US are often paid substantially more than senior level developers in the EU. [1] https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/22/the-real-reason-medical-care-costs-so-much-more-in-the-us.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/22/the-real-reason-medical-care...