* where else will people go? The UK, for example, is also in an anti-immigrant mood. Though Canada may still be good.
* the current political climate in the US is ... unstable. It'll be significantly different in a year or two, one way or another.
Besides that Amsterdam, Paris and Barcelona are also great contenders. All have their upsides and downsides but any decent software engineer is going to be able to live an enjoyable life there.
Australia is also a great option, migrating there is a tad more difficult but a young software engineer is very welcome. Capital requirements if you're older are really steep though.
[1] yes, I know about the rep it has but unless you have lived and experienced it, you would never realise that there really isn't a "one true way" of democracy and everything is a trade-off. That's all I'm saying about that.
most of the UK electorate support increasing the level of highly skilled migration
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/half-of-britis...
For example, last time I looked at the UK papers they were full of cases of EU citizens, who should have indefinite leave to reside in the UK, being harrassed by the Home Office and threatened with deportation.
given the Home Office never expected EU migrants to apply for permanent residency, the response was appropriate prior to the referendum result
it no longer is, and the Home Office now have updated guidance on the matter
I'm sure it wasn't nice to receive that letter, but it just a case of the government bureaucratic machine responding at glacial speed to change, as normal