If you need to leave the U.S. consider moving to Australia. (I did) The cost of living here is high, but the salaries are very high for professionals. If you are a talented thrifty person - you can save a lot of money fast. Good surfing too.
For startups. you get about ~50c back on the dollar from the gov't annually. You don't need to make a single dollar in profit to get that, it is based on the invested capital.
Hi grizzles,
as a european currently vliving in Austria I am quite interested in relcoating to Australia for the weather and the people but I'm not sure how the tech scene is over there for EE jobs like Embedded Software/Firmware Engineer.
I had a quick look on indeed but I wasn't very lucky.
Try seek.com.au. It's the biggest job site here by a big margin. Also I know someone that is looking for an EE, so you can send me your cv (email in profile) too if you wish.
For startups. you get about ~50c back on the dollar from the gov't annually. You don't need to make a single dollar in profit to get that, it is based on the invested capital.
Feel free to hit me up if you have any questions.