I know a lot of employees or freelancers making a lot more working for companies in Malaga or companies elsewhere; more said it but get projects abroad; worked well for us. A problem here is that you need USPs because in Portugal people are working for a lot less than in Spain, all speak English and very willing to take whatever work. Also less rules; easy to fire people in the first few years.
> companies are scared of the mere possibility of their programmers leaving
where does that come from?
> Tech stacks tend to be years behind San Francisco,
That is a problem? I would say that's kind of an advantage? Most programmers would find it more of a problem to learn new stuff all the time.
> I know a lot of employees or freelancers making a lot more working for companies in Malaga or companies elsewhere;
I talked about the rule - undoubtedly there are exceptions. I once interviewed for a senior position for a prominent Malaga company, and they offered me less than my first job ever here in Barcelona.
> Most programmers would find it more of a problem to learn new stuff all the time.
One could argue that London/SF programmers do exactly that - and are compensated accordingly!
We are in the technology business - by definition those who don't keep up are left behind. Maybe not drastically, but gradually and without you noticing.
> We are in the technology business - by definition those who don't keep up are left behind. Maybe not drastically, but gradually and without you noticing.
I agree, i'm saying many programmers would not think that a problem as long as the market demands those 'older' technologies. If you read HN or /r/programming you might think you are missing out all the time; if you make E200k+ at BBVA as senior dev you really wouldn't notice any of that. You would be using stuff that hasn't changed massively for over a decade. I would wager that a lot (most) programmers would prefer the latter to the former. Not me, not you, but many would.
I know a lot of employees or freelancers making a lot more working for companies in Malaga or companies elsewhere; more said it but get projects abroad; worked well for us. A problem here is that you need USPs because in Portugal people are working for a lot less than in Spain, all speak English and very willing to take whatever work. Also less rules; easy to fire people in the first few years.
> companies are scared of the mere possibility of their programmers leaving
where does that come from?
> Tech stacks tend to be years behind San Francisco,
That is a problem? I would say that's kind of an advantage? Most programmers would find it more of a problem to learn new stuff all the time.