I'm in the process of trying to land a job in NYC, coming from SF. I've been in team match with Meta for several months. They have next to zero openings in NYC. I've applied for a multitude of other jobs in NYC. Obviously, I'm good enough at interviewing to pass FAANG interviews. Very few callbacks and mostly from companies that pay peanuts. But, it's hard. Most companies that want to hire me are still SF based.
I'm not seeing anything from outside the US that would be appealing. The compensation is much lower outside of maybe getting hired at a couple companies in Switzerland.
> 8. Europe leads as the top destination for tech talent
Not convinced. Maybe a leading second destination. It looks like everyone still wants to go to the bay area. A lot of single people I know who have been in the bay area are looking to leave though because of the gender ratio. Thus, NYC is flooded with SF applicants. Almost impossible to get an engineering job at the big tech companies in NYC due to the amount of internal transfers competing for every position.