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"... but I'd argue that you won't find better English speakers for the same amount of money anywhere in Europe. " Wow, I must admit I've never heard this opinion expressed before. That was why I was surprised in my previous comment. All you hear in Ireland is that "wages are too high, we're not cost competitive" blah-blah-blah. I've heard that you can get programmers in places like Germany, Scandinavia and parts of E…
I do IT consulting, with a background in sysadmin, probably more customer-facing stuff than the average developer. For this sort of relatively labour-intensive sectors, places like France, Germany and Nordic countries are way too expensive. Eastern Europe is a hit & miss, safest being Czechia, but they're also a few more hours away from the US (in terms of flight and timezone), and they're not as dirt-poor as in 1989…
Maybe I should stay in Ireland to do my startup rather than trying to get the visa in the US!