Not too far of but 20% is still significant, and I think even so it would be mostly the top you can get from local companies. Even the Novo/Lego type companies

Not too far of but 20% is still significant, and I think even so it would be mostly the top you can get from local companies. Even the Novo/Lego type companies are pretty stingy on IC compensation. There's limited upside, and startups are very far away IMO. You get some upside wrt work/life balance. But very limited flexibility in other ways. And culture-wise it's another can of worms. Generally speaking it's better to work for foreign companies here.