The level of sheer incompetence in management of European software companies is pretty staggering if you're used to Silicon Valley standards; it's common to hir

The level of sheer incompetence in management of European software companies is pretty staggering if you're used to Silicon Valley standards; it's common to hire programmers who have no idea how to write a program, use completely obsolete tools, have no clue about design or process and little clue about marketing etc. The result is that companies don't actually make a huge amount of money from each programmer so they often genuinely can't afford to pay good salaries. On the bright side, if you are a competent manager or willing to learn to be one, and willing to either stomach European employment legislation or hire remotely, you could treat our continent as a bounty of little-used resources.