[disgruntledphd2]

> Aren't Netherlands wages lower than Germany except for US big-tech and HFT?

Generally you want to work for US companies, see the pragmatic engineers trimodal compensation article for details. The US thing works as you're cheap for them (relative to the US) but the wage is better than you can get locally.

[FirmwareBurner]

Unfortunately there are no US companies hiring in my country.

They all seem to be only in Dublin and Amsterdam.

[disgruntledphd2]

Yeah, that's the problem. Basically to get the good wages, you need to live somewhere expensive. If you have property/friends in those places it makes lots of sense, but otherwise I'm not sure it does.