I don’t know, man. If your looking to coast, sure, Europe or SA might be a good place to be a dev. If your ambitious the US is better, imo. And this talk about work/life is always so overblown. If you a work for a good company they’ll treat you well. My benefits:

Dental Insurance / Free Breakfast / 5 days a week / Free food / Gym-Wellness Reimbursement / Gym Discount / Health Insurance / Health Savings Account (HSA) ($1000 per year contributed by employer) / Life Insurance / Maternity Leave 16 weeks / On-Site Fitness Classes / On-Site Mother's Room / PTO (Vacation / Personal Days) - Unlimited / Paternity Leave 120 days / Pet Insurance / Sick Time - Unlimited / Vision Insurance / Transport allowance / Phone Bill Reimbursement / 401k- 25% match on the first 1% of base salary / Employee Stock Purchase Program / Roth 401k / Tuition reimbursement /

And these benefits are not even anything special, just standard. I work for a tech company thats not even in the top 25.

Your telling me you would rather make 50k in Spain with higher taxes, than what I have above with 160k?