[artemisyna]

// For me it was not about the money, but a show of how much a company appreciate me and how they think of me. //

Never think this. Never assume this.

Talking to a company about salary is a business transaction. It's a negotiation. Unless you're somehow at the type of unicorn where they're not only small, but already have a lot of $$ (basically nothing out there right now) there isn't going to be any amount of "oh yeah, we like you" that will significantly impact your compensation.

// However, all of the offer were with not-that-interesting tech stacks and really bad compensations. // How 'bad' is 'bad' here if you don't mind me asking? Also, mostly startups or what?

[throwAwayXYZ68]

Bad: as in mostly for rent & food, forget about savings.

Details (if it matters): Country: France Yearly salary before taxes : ~31000 euros

[toomuchtodo]

Have you tried looking for remote work? That'll disconnect your location from your salary potential.

https://github.com/lukasz-madon/awesome-remote-job

http://remoteok.io/

https://weworkremotely.com/

[findyoucef]

Wow that is bad.

[wut42]

Definitely NOT bad for France. I'm french and started at 18000 yearly.

[throwAwayXYZ68]

Some offers went up to 35000 euros, but only because they put food and some other accommodations in the salary.