[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.