Yeah £1200/mo sounds like a reasonable middle level developer salary in Eastern Europe (I am from Lithuania). It's a good point about English speakers. I think

Yeah £1200/mo sounds like a reasonable middle level developer salary in Eastern Europe (I am from Lithuania). It's a good point about English speakers. I think it has to do with network and comfort zone. When you are 25 and have spent all your life in your home country, you usually have some kind of network, some reputation. Makes it easier, and comfortable. While getting a client from the States or UK is something unfamiliar, out of comfort zone, maybe some tried and got disappointed by oDesk/elance etc (I find their application process totally soul crushing, when you might spend ~30mins to write a nice customized proposal and hear nothing back).