130k is not a good software engineering salary. Period.

Region doesn't matter to me, the floor of cost of living never truly goes that low.

Sector? I build and deploy web or mobile apps, and I do as many parts of that as my team doesn't.

Experience is 10 years, including with Senior and Engineering Manager titles.

Besides the fact that I can make more than $130k by walking in the door across the market, I also believe I could generate a MRR that would return after-expenses revenue higher than that with a new business within 1 year. So I also don't see why I would take a moonshot on a poor salary, when I can aim lower, still have big upside, and avoid VCs stepping all over me