[quantumofalpha]

You are grossly underpaid, even for eastern europe. Guys just across the border (or two) from you make 2x+ more, while paying next to nothing in taxes (5% I've heard, as faux contractors) and enjoying some of lowest CoL in europe - https://jobs.dou.ua/salaries/dynamics/

[thefourthchime]

Agreed. We built up a shop in Poland. They all made 60k+ USD

[sireat]

1500 net, so about 2200 brutto is not that bad for Latvia, although on the low side.

It really depends on job quality as well.

Considering how frugal you are, you have plenty of time to find a better gig.

Pure local companies are not going to pay much better though (and Latvian state and local government gigs are even less).

So one option is to move to one of the outsourcing companies or even better to a smaller company dealing with western clients.

[quantumofalpha]

> So one option is to move to one of the outsourcing companies or even better to a smaller company dealing with western clients.

That's pretty much what most (if not almost all) of ukrainian tech is doing. And coupled with low CoL and widely abused tax loopholes, they are making bank, netting comparable money to 6 figure jobs in the west. So I'm just saying that eastern europe == poorly paid is a misconception.

[KronisLV]

Yep, that could definitely be: especially since i started work as a student, before getting either my Bachelor's or Master's. I guess i can only say that the wisdom of needing to job hop every X years is certainly based in reality, at least when it comes to the majority of companies and earning potential.