| Not surprised. Why go to Japan (in reality only Tokyo) where median software TC is around $60k [0] when you can go to Canada where median software TC is around $90k [1] and English speaking, let alone other English speaking and relatively easy to immigrate Western countries with large South Asian communities like the UK (95k) [2], Netherlands (87k) [3], Germany (77k) [4], Australia (100k) [5], Norway ($74k) [6], or Singapore (73k) [7]. [0] - https://www.levels.fyi/t/software-engineer/locations/greater... [1] - https://www.levels.fyi/t/software-engineer/locations/canada [2] - https://www.levels.fyi/t/software-engineer/locations/united-... [3] - https://www.levels.fyi/t/software-engineer/locations/netherl... [4] - https://www.levels.fyi/t/software-engineer/locations/germany [5] - https://www.levels.fyi/t/software-engineer/locations/austral... [6] - https://www.levels.fyi/t/software-engineer/locations/norway [7] - https://www.levels.fyi/t/software-engineer/locations/singapo... |