And…

New Demo of Euro Top Tech

Lots of new features added in past few months!

Maybe next I’ll do a demo video for RemoteGOATs.com too 🤔

I’m almost arrived to my weekend fun destination!

If you wanna see some silly posts about the trip check out my X and read here about one of my favourite reasons to stay based in Zurich even though it’s the most expensive city in the world and I work remotely: its central location (great for little trips like the one I’m about to do :D)

Or if you like this kind of content, check out my ig too ^^

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• Private guides - like this one - to help you land these jobs.

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• Curated job board with thousands of six-figure remote tech roles (Europe-remote, global-remote, NA, LATAM, APAC).

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We out with a new video:

Since it’s my usual long rant, I asked Gemini to summarise it:

«This video by Nicola Amadio provides a detailed, unfiltered analysis of the tech job market in Zurich and Switzerland as of 2026.

He breaks the market down into several key segments and discusses the economic reality for tech workers ranging from juniors to seniors.

Core Market Segments

• Big Tech (Google, Apple, Microsoft, etc.):

  • The Appeal: Offers the highest salaries in Europe (up to 200k USD for workers in their 20s). [03:00 - here and throughout the post: this indicates timestamp in the video when I talk about this]

  • The Trend: Moving heavily toward R&D and AI (Computer Vision, Robotics, Augmented Reality). [05:51]

  • The Catch: Extremely competitive and a relatively small market (less than 100 open roles compared to hundreds in London). [04:03]

• Innovative Startups (Deep Tech & Robotics):

  • The Focus: Often founded by ETH/EPFL graduates focusing on “Physical AI” and manufacturing. [10:21]

  • The Reality: Surprisingly low pay. Nicola cites examples of interns making ~3k CHF and full-time juniors earning 60k–80k CHF, which is barely a living wage in Zurich. [14:04]

  • Strategy: These companies “prey” on talented graduates who want to work on cool tech but are underpaid for the cost of living. [15:00]

• Local Corporations & Subsidiaries (Banks, Pharma, Fortune 500):

  • The Setup: More traditional, boring projects with better work-life balance (8-to-5) and mid-range salaries (90k–150k CHF). [19:55]

  • The Decline: Many of these roles are being offshored to Eastern Europe or Portugal because hiring in Switzerland has become too expensive due to the strong Swiss Franc. [22:08]

Strategic Advice by Career Level

• For Juniors/Students:

  • If you can’t get into Big Tech in Zurich, Nicola suggests looking at Big Tech in Poland or Spain. [32:41]

  • He argues that earning 3k EUR (Big Tech Spain intern salary) in Barcelona provides a much higher quality of life and better savings potential than 3k CHF (Zurich startup intern salary) in Zurich. [31:00]

• For Senior Engineers:

  • Remote is King: Senior engineers can often land 100k–150k EUR remote roles elsewhere in Europe. [35:00]

  • Financially, staying in Zurich as a senior outside of Big Tech often doesn’t make sense once you factor in high costs like childcare (~3k CHF per month per child). [23:04] Unless you particularly like Switzerland’s standard of living.

The “Yay or Nay” Verdict

• Yay: If you are a “Top 1%” R&D talent who can land a Big Tech research role or if you value Swiss stability, safety, and public schools for your family. [35:51]

• Nay: For the “average” developer. Nicola argues the market is shrinking, wage dumping is occurring, and the “cheat code” of high Swiss salaries for average work is disappearing. [25:56]

Watch the full video here:

Lemme know what you think!

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• Private guides - like this one - to help you land these jobs.

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• Curated job board with thousands of six-figure remote tech roles (Europe-remote, global-remote, NA, LATAM, APAC).

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• Private network of location-independent operators building borderless lives.Full access to paid content, deep dives, and the Remote GOATs community.

Six Figure Euro Engineer - Maxx your pay and lifestyle as a tech worker in Europe:

• Work 1:1 with me (Nicola Amadio, author of this newsletter), and join the other engineers who were able to 2x/3x they pay and freedom in the past few months!

Found them on X, with just ~1500 followers and a couple of months of posting.

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One month ago I launched Forfettariato.com, after observing the following:

1. Many countries in Europe have low cost of living and <20% taxes for 5 figures earners

Italy, Slovenia, Albania, Poland, Czechia, Croatia, and more.

2. Western companies are increasingly nearshoring in Eastern and Southern Europe

Can find great talent, half the cost of Western Europe, 30% the cost of the US.

3. I am the leading content creator for Tech Workers in Europe: ~64k on LinkedIn, 15k on Substack, 2.5k on YT

My content is about 6 figure tech careers in Europe, both onsite and remotely.

My B2C products already cater to that audience:

• Euro Top Tech: 15k+ six-figure tech Jobs in Europe + AI Career Lab + Discord Community

• Remote GOATs 🐐: 10k+ six-figure tech Jobs worldwide + AI Relocation Advisor + AI Career Lab

Not everyone can land six-figure tech jobs in Europe or six-figure remote tech jobs, though.

And not everyone wants the stress that comes with it.

There’s a space for high-quality 5 figure tech jobs remote in Europe: good companies, skilled workers.

It’s in wanting to build that space that Forfettariato.com was born.

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Launched about a month ago.

1 month = no sales

Then, Lionel Rudaz, who I met on X talking about wine and Switzerland, posted a Head of Lifecycle Marketing role for Properstar.

Properstar is a global real estate platform that connects buyers and sellers by aggregating millions of property listings from over 60 countries.

The role is about using Hubspot and Claude to manage the customer journey of real estate agents, from sign-up to paying customer. Managing a small team of 3, and reporting directly to the CPO (Lionel).

Pay is 32-48 eur/hour (equiv. to ~55-90k eur/year if FTE), remote in Europe: enough to live like a King/Queen in 50% of Europe with the right setup.

Thanks Lionel Rudaz and Properstar for trusting me and the platform!

If you’re interested in this job or you want to post a job yourself (only 50 eur/mo for the first 20 customers), here’s the links:

• Head of Lifecycle Marketing job

• Forfettariato.com post a job

Can also share this post with anyone in your network who might be interested in the role.

Pro tip 😎: since you already know who the hiring manager for this role is, you can also write a WELL-CRAFTED (no AI slop or 10 pages romance novel) DM to the right person.

If you want to learn how to send these DMs, here’s a guide for you on just that.

This article is brought to you by:

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• 10000+ top paying tech jobs in Europe from big tech companies, HFT firms and high-paying scale-ups.

• 6000+ jobs from 100+ fully-remote companies paying $100-600k per year.

• Private guides - like this one - to help you land these jobs.

Remote GOATs - The operating system for high-earning remote workers:

• Curated job board with thousands of six-figure remote tech roles (Europe-remote, global-remote, NA, LATAM, APAC).

• Career Lab: practical guides + AI tools to land and negotiate top remote roles.

• AI Relocation Software: decide where to live using data, not vibes.

• Real-world data from remote workers on income, taxes, cost of living, and overall life satisfaction.

• Private network of location-independent operators building borderless lives.Full access to paid content, deep dives, and the Remote GOATs community.

Six Figure Euro Engineer - Maxx your pay and lifestyle as a tech worker in Europe:

• Work 1:1 with me (Nicola Amadio, author of this newsletter), and join the other engineers who were able to 2x/3x they pay and freedom in the past few months!

To celebrate 2 years of being in business, I’m offering a:

10% discount on Euro Top Tech and on my Coaching Program

For the next 24 hours.

Learn more about it at the end of this article (or just use the promo code ‘BIRTHDAY10’ at checkout if purchasing a Euro Top Tech subscription).

Now let’s get started!

I’ll tell a bit on how the business went in the past 2 years since I started it, if I’m happy with the results, and if I think it was worth it or not (no spoiler :P).

In April 2024, I launched the first version of my coaching program

The first cohort of clients started in May 2024 - exactly 2 years ago.

First application ever (from my man Nicola Bovolato):

He then went from “applying to 200+ positions with only rejections”, to, in 3 months, having multiple six figure offers, some of them fully-remote, to choose from:

Since then, he has:

• Moved to Cyprus to maxx lifestyle and cut taxes

• Saved up a great financial buffer before even turning 25

• Started his own freelance practice as a Senior Engineer and fractional CTO

Another early applicant was looking for top positions in AI:

And ended up founding an AI company himself 😄

Another early applicant from Switzerland:

Eventually scoring a $200k remote role:

This last one took a bit of time: a few months in the coaching program, then tried things a bit on his own, then back to the program and finally landing a very tough role to land: $200k remote in Europe.

Many other such cases and clients, that we can deep dive later in the future (let me know if you want me to do that, btw! Just reply to this email something like: “yes, please more case studies”).

Euro Top Tech went from this (June 2024):

To this (May 2026):

And more…

Will probably do a new demo video about how the platform has changed recently, with all its new features and improvements.

How much money did I make?

Well, as you might already know…

• About ~70k eur in 2025.

• Now targeting ~85k eur in 2026 (i.e. +20% from 2025) 🤞

This means that…

Even if in 2026 I achieve my financial business goal, I’ll be making HALF of what I made in 2023 with my last tech role.

That’s the truth that online business gurus out there don’t tell you 😄

I recently called out one of these gurus on X:

Same guy that says these things:

It’s sad that people fall for this stuff, but it is what it is.

I have a bigger audience than him (about ~80k total followers vs ~40k), make more than him with my business, so according to him I should be ELITE.

Which in a way it is the truth: I am a very rare case of someone who was able to build a large audience on social media and bootstrap a diversified business that actually makes (some) money.

What is also true, though, is that:

I make less than half of what I made 2 years ago as an employee in tech.

And that majority of the people I help out in my coaching program (regular people that invest in their job search) land roles that pay 2x/3x of what I make.

They get to buy houses etc:

This is the reality of the situation here, and the reality of bootstrapping your own business.

I know I posted often about this topic lately, and I don’t plan to touch on this topic again anytime soon.

I just see too much misleading content out there and I feel a strong urge to call out on a lot of it being bs and misleading marketing.

Am I happy about it? Do I regret going this route?

I think, 2 years in with my business, it’s the right time to ask myself this.

I don’t have an answer, but I tend to think that: yes, I’m happy about it and I don’t have regrets.

Here’s why I’m happy about it, despite the opportunity-costs:

1. Impacts on customers

As you’ve seen at the start of this article.

2. The raw satisfaction of creating an ‘artifact’ that people use and love, entirely with your own hands

3. The learnings

It’s cool to have been able to go broader with my skillset: not just backend engineering and distributed systems, but full-stack (finally reaching a decent-looking UI after 2 years in 😄), learning about writing, filming, talking, content, marketing, sales, coaching, taxes, accounting and more.

I learnt a lot, for it just being 2 years.

4. The fun

One of the reasons I was able to learn a lot is because I worked a lot.

And I was able to work a lot because I genuinely like 95% of my job.

This is important.

I once asked a SVP at Oracle for career advice, and he told me: “Work on something you like. You’ll still burn out, but you’ll burn out less.”

I find that to be true, in my experience.

5. The alignment with my skills and interests

Somewhat related to the above point.

I had always been a bit 360 with my interests and passions: focused on humanities in high school, considered cinema for uni, but also loved math and tech and business.

In this role I can feel like I get to use and take advantage of all of my interests and skills.

I like tech but there are people who’re deeper into tech than me, and that dislike some of the things I mentioned above (like content or marketing): what’s optimal for them can’t be optimal for me, career wise.

6. The finance side of it is also not bad

Let’s be honest: had I continued my corporate career, I’d probably be sitting at $250k-300k comp right now, with some effort but also without overly pushing it, I think.

So we do see a clear opportunity-cost and loss here.

But, it’s also not the full picture:

• I’m now fully-remote: I can spend as much time as I want outside of Switzerland (if I wanted to, I could also relocate somewhere else cheap - which I’ve looked hard into but which I’m also taking my time to assess). My corporate job was Swiss/Zurich-based, had I targeted remote roles, probably I’d score $100-200k, not more.

• I can optimise my taxes.

• I can make personal interests and life stuff work for the business, like these researches that I do, or anything that I post on X these days, or trips I do, etc.

My business could go down, but it can also go up: that’s the reality of business.

My intuition tells me that working in your “area of genius” is often a good proxy for choosing career paths, also financially.

If you do what you enjoy and are good at, work will feel lighter, you’ll get better at it, you’ll create more value and deliver more results… Eventually the market should also reward you.

Of course it’s not guaranteed, but that’s how I see it at least.

That said, of course, sometimes I think about it.

Few more years of corporate would’ve also meant a few more $100ks of savings, which don’t hurt:

But hey, in the end… There is no “right” path or answer.

Also: YOLO.

Regarding the above-mentioned 10% discount

It’s quite simple.

You can purchase anything on EuroTopTech.com with a 10% discount by using the promo code ‘BIRTHDAY10’.

The promotion starts now and ends tomorrow Friday 8th of May at 13:00 CET.

If you apply to the coaching program in this time frame, and we do the selection and you “pass”/are a fit, and the payment of the first month of coaching happens before tomorrow at the end of the day…

You’ll have the discount on your first month of coaching (900 euros instead of 1000 euros), no matter when you decide to start (but obviously only apply if you plan to start now or in the next few months, not if you plan to start in 2027).

That’s a wrap guys.

May/June is always a time of birthdays/celebration around here :)

Since both my coaching program and job platform were started in this period.

And this year we also recently got to celebrate the 15k subs mark on this newsletter as well! And the Q1 recap.

I hope all this “business content” didn’t annoy you (but according to your reactions to the previous articles on this line, you seemed to like it!).

Expect more hardcore content of tech careers in Europe in future articles 😎

Thanks for all your support so far.

And have a great end of the week and weekend!

Here’s a bottle of Valais wine 🇨🇭 I’ll pop later today to celebrate 😁😋

This article is brought to you by:

Euro Top Tech - The #1 SaaS for top-paying tech careers in Europe:

• 10000+ top paying tech jobs in Europe from big tech companies, HFT firms and high-paying scale-ups.

• 6000+ jobs from 100+ fully-remote companies paying $100-600k per year.

• Private guides - like this one - to help you land these jobs.

Remote GOATs - The operating system for high-earning remote workers:

• Curated job board with thousands of six-figure remote tech roles (Europe-remote, global-remote, NA, LATAM, APAC).

• Career Lab: practical guides + AI tools to land and negotiate top remote roles.

• AI Relocation Software: decide where to live using data, not vibes.

• Real-world data from remote workers on income, taxes, cost of living, and overall life satisfaction.

• Private network of location-independent operators building borderless lives.Full access to paid content, deep dives, and the Remote GOATs community.

Six Figure Euro Engineer - Maxx your pay and lifestyle as a tech worker in Europe:

• Work 1:1 with me (Nicola Amadio, author of this newsletter), and join the other engineers who were able to 2x/3x they pay and freedom in the past few months!

This is a belayed ETT update for last week.

Means I’ll probably send out another one towards the end of this week too, with more news.

Short and to the point. Let’s go!

A few Country/City Reviews for Remote GOATs

1. Slovenia as a 20% tax haven for remote freelancers

2. Sion, Valais: an exceptional option in Switzerland for remote workers

Coaching Results

0. Some old customers building real estate “empires” with their new Six-figure incomes in Europe:

In this case: this person is already FIREd and their rental income already covers for all living expenses. But they want to build a more comfortable buffer for the future, and they like their job, so they keep going on expanding :)

1. A (young) client recently got a $240k job offer in Big Tech Zurich

2. Another client is in the final steps of their interviews with six-figure remote roles in Europe 🤞

It’s the same client that in the past landed Google Zurich and Meta London, but this year’s trying to land a six-figure Euro-remote roles:

Already got a six-figure offer actually, but turned it down and is shooting higher with a few open interview processes 🥵

As you can see: no reason to get demoralized by the current job market.

See you in the next one!

This article is brought to you by:

Euro Top Tech - The #1 SaaS for top-paying tech careers in Europe:

• 10000+ top paying tech jobs in Europe from big tech companies, HFT firms and high-paying scale-ups.

• 6000+ jobs from 100+ fully-remote companies paying $100-600k per year.

• Private guides - like this one - to help you land these jobs.

Remote GOATs - The operating system for high-earning remote workers:

• Curated job board with thousands of six-figure remote tech roles (Europe-remote, global-remote, NA, LATAM, APAC).

• Career Lab: practical guides + AI tools to land and negotiate top remote roles.

• AI Relocation Software: decide where to live using data, not vibes.

• Real-world data from remote workers on income, taxes, cost of living, and overall life satisfaction.

• Private network of location-independent operators building borderless lives.Full access to paid content, deep dives, and the Remote GOATs community.

Six Figure Euro Engineer - Maxx your pay and lifestyle as a tech worker in Europe:

• Work 1:1 with me (Nicola Amadio, author of this newsletter), and join the other engineers who were able to 2x/3x they pay and freedom in the past few months!

This is THE project that allowed me to start my own business.

Here’s the story:

1. Born in small-town central Italy from parents who didn’t go to uni

2. Good at STEM, curious about other fields

3. Humanities high school (Liceo Classico), then Robotics Engineering BSc

4. First year of BSc: boring classes, full of nerds, no girls, consider switching to cinema or mathematics

5. Finally, stick to BSc and graduate in 3.5 years [2017]

6. In the meantime: Milan techno/rap/underground scene, Erasmus semester in Seville

7. Throughout BSc: understand that there’s no money in Italy’s robotics scene + learn about devs in the US making 6 figures

8. Discover computer science and programming and realise I liked it better than robotics

9. Get a €800/mo internship in Milan doing Computer Vision, then a 80k CHF/year dev job in Zurich

10. Realise Google devs in Zurich made €150k+ a year as new grads [2018]

11. Decide that I want an engineering career like in the US: cool projects + six figures pay.

12. 2019-2020: MSc in CS in Milan, land big tech internships (Databricks, Airbnb, Uber, and more); get offers rescinded during Covid, run out of money, bounce back with a paid internship in Madrid

13. Join Amazon Barcelona [2021] and consider moving to the US (Seattle)

14. Drop the idea of moving to the US, go back to Zurich, join Oracle in 2022 with a ~$200k job

2012-2017: 5 years to understand robotics and Italy wasn’t for me

2017-2022: 5 years to learn how to get US-level tech careers in/from Europe + actually get there

15. Realise that I had accumulated serious expertise on the topic of Tech Careers in Europe, and that the internet lacked that intel

16. Inspired by and his newsletter, create a newsletter called

17. Spend a weekend creating a logo, realise I like working on my own projects

18. September 2023 drop my first article, anonymously

19. January 2024: reveal identity + start posting on LinkedIn

20. 3 months of LinkedIn with little/moderate results

21. Things pick up on LinkedIn: frequently go viral + grow newsletter

Make 6 figure Tech Careers in Europe mainstream

22. April 2024: ask newsletter subs if they’re interested in coaching -> “yes” -> launch coaching program

23. First applicant and client Nicola Bovolato joins the program and in a few months lands his first six-figure remote role in Europe

24. June 2024: launch a Google Sheet to track high-paying tech jobs in Europe, no paywall

25. People love it -> add paid tier to Substack -> grant access to the Google Sheet to Substack paid subs

June 2024 - May 2026: the Google Sheet is now EuroTopTech.com

• THE place to find top-paying tech jobs in Europe

• Onsite, hybrid and fully-remote jobs

• Compensation and savings data

• AI tools to help with career strategy and CV review

• Guides on landing six-figure tech roles in Europe

• Discord community

• And more

Then:

Iterate, iterate, iterate.

Go viral, go viral, go viral.

Land coaching customers top jobs: from $100-300k big tech jobs in Zurich/London, to $100-200k remote roles.

Educate tech workers in Europe on high-paying tech careers (with this newsletter and ETT guides); facilitate their journey with Euro Top Tech.

2025: close my first full year as a full-time business owner with ~70k eur revenue.

Grow LinkedIn to 10k, then 20k, then 30k... Now sitting at ~63’500.

Start YouTube channel and grow it to ~2’400 subs.

More recently, start on X and grow it to ~1’700 followers, talking about relocation and remote life.

Launch a few projects in the remote work space, finally merge them under RemoteGOATs.com:

• Six-figure remote tech jobs worldwide

• Career guides and tools

• AI Relocation Advisor

• Newsletter

• And more.

As I write this, I’m a full-time business owner with time and location freedom, no employees and no boss.

Q1 revenues ~18% higher than Q1 2025.

Working towards a +20% revenue increase for 2026 from 2025.

Almost every day I work, since I started this in 2023.

To be fair: almost every day I work, since I set the goal of reaching US-level tech careers from Europe in 2018.

But, since 2023, none of it feels much like work: this is a hard-earned blessing.

If it wasn’t for all the groundwork I laid out in the ~10 years before 2023, none of what came after would’ve been possible.

The European Engineer used to be my only project.

It’s the project that started it all.

Reaching 15’000 subscribers here, 2.5 years after I started it, feels like a milestone.

Especially now that my brain is getting used to this entrepreneur thing being my new life and job.

Cheers to The European Engineer 🥂

THANK YOU ❤️

Especially to those who’ve been supporting my work, as free subs and early customers, from the beginning of this journey.

You did a lot for me.

I hope I managed to help you out too :)

This article is brought to you by:

Euro Top Tech - The #1 SaaS for top-paying tech careers in Europe:

• 2000+ top paying tech jobs in Europe from big tech companies, HFT firms and high-paying scale-ups.

• 1000+ jobs from 100+ fully-remote companies paying $100-600k per year.

• Private guides - like this one - to help you land these jobs.

Remote GOATs - The operating system for high-earning remote workers:

• Curated job board with thousands of six-figure remote tech roles (Europe-remote, global-remote, NA, LATAM, APAC).

• Career Lab: practical guides + AI tools to land and negotiate top remote roles.

• AI Relocation Software: decide where to live using data, not vibes.

• Real-world data from remote workers on income, taxes, cost of living, and overall life satisfaction.

• Private network of location-independent operators building borderless lives.Full access to paid content, deep dives, and the Remote GOATs community.

Six Figure Euro Engineer - Maxx your pay and lifestyle as a tech worker in Europe:

• Work 1:1 with me (Nicola Amadio, author of this newsletter), and join the other engineers who were able to 2x/3x they pay and freedom in the past few months!

At the end of last year, I published a little recap of my first full year as an entrepreneur

• Revenues

• Lessons

• Goals for the year to come: both on business and personal fronts

How did Q1 go [Jan, Feb, Mar]

Compared to Q1 2025: +18.9%.

My yearly business goal is to make 20% more of last year, so that 18.9% looks close enough.

But, if I take the avg monthly business income of Q1, it’s actually 14% more than avg 2025.

This means that if I want to reach my +20% goal, future quarters will have to be a bit better than the past one.

Only time will if I’ll make it :)

Now I will review the goods and the bads of the first quarter of 2026

Goods

1. Happy and returning customers

Several Euro Top Tech yearly subscribers renew their subscription and continue using the product beyond a period of a job search. Which is nice because it aligns with my vision of ETT as a career platform rather than a job board, i.e. a place to:

• Learn (from guides, jobs selection, salary data, AI tools, etc)

• Connect with people (through the Discord community)

• Discover companies

This also aligns with churn levels going down from last year, and being now quite good for a job board/platform.

Returning customers isn’t just for ETT, but also within the coaching program:

2. Crazy coaching results

The year started well with some heavy offers:

A $200k remote role, another $140k (+ another ~$30k of bonus, so more like $170k) remote, just in a couple of months.

Last week: a big tech Zurich $250k offer.

And another customer in the final stages for a few six figure remote roles.

You can go here to see a few testimonials.

The tier of the results has raised compared to Q1 of last year: even last year it was good, but so far Q1 has delivered remarkable results.

Another cool thing is that previous customers stay in the network or even join the program again.

For instance, the below guy last year exited the program after landing 2 big tech offers, and has joined again a couple of months ago to target remote roles (he’s the one I mentioned earlier, who’s at the final stages of some remote companies):

3. Launching new products

Remote GOATs, started this year, has also grown to be contributing some monthly revenue as well.

It’s a very packed product, in terms of substance, and it is a bit undersold for now, but happy that it’s making something, and looking forward to iterating on it in Q2.

4. Expanding content

I’ve grown LinkedIn to over 60k, YouTube to over 2k, and bootstrapped X from 0 to 1500+ in a few months.

It’s all great results! Didn’t really have any real goal regarding content, but I liked how it’s nicely expanding.

Also almost 15k of you here reading this newsletter :)

5. Learnings

Last but not least: lot’s of good learnings, and progress made on the quality of what I do: from content, to software products, to coaching.

This is just as valuable to me as a result, since I value expanding my horizons and learning new things a lot.

The bads

Now, not everything is perfect of course. This is real life after all :D

1. Did some launches that kinda failed

Remote Compass:

• Got some early traction but then somehow didn’t work as a standalone product

• Now part of Remote GOATs as the AI Relocation Advisor

Forfettariato.com:

• This one got ZERO sales 😂

• I’ve had a few people reaching out, “interested in posting some jobs”

• But this is the experience I had with B2B so far: people reach out, they’re interested, then somehow (I guess) you need to convince them to buy, or something. I don’t know. I guess I’m not good at “B2B sales”.

• I’m keeping it alive though: basically if some company wants to sponsor some jobs in front of my audience, they post them there, and then I can reshare them on this newsletter and on LinkedIn. We’ll see if someone will buy in 2026 lol

2. I expanded the jobs on Euro Top Tech and Remote GOATs to non-engineering roles, but failed to market it

There’s way more jobs now than last year, also because I basically doubled all the jobs by adding non-engineering roles (sales, HR, design, PM, etc).

But I haven’t done much to advertise these roles to these people, since my audience and brand core is in engineering.

I expanded because in the end what I talk about is true for all “tech workers”, not just for software engineers or data scientists or engineering managers.

Let’s see if in Q2 I manage to improve on this.

3. Business is doing “just well enough”

The reason I make content like this Don't Start a Business article is that IMO there’s soooooo much misinformation out there about how “easy” it is to make money online / with a business.

It’s really not that easy. Even making 2k a month with an online business is difficult.

Which is also why my financial goal last year was: increase by 20% (and not: “2x the business”).

‘Cause it’s hard. And it takes time to learn the ropes.

So, where does my small business leave me, financially, at the moment?

All in all, it’s good money. After all, I started it as a:

• CoastFIRE job

• Or a semi-retirement

So I can’t really complain.

Also it’s stable, pays the bills, and mostly doesn’t feel like work (even though I still work hard).

But tbf it’s not a lot of money, yet.

Especially considering that I’m still based in Switzerland.

I do have a flexible arrangement with regards to Switzerland, which allows me to save some money here and there, but I’m still based there.

Mandatory health insurance alone costs me over 500 euro per month, the months I spend in Switzerland easily go over 4000/5000 euros in living costs, then I still have to pay taxes and so on. It adds up.

Which is why I also spend a lot of time researching other countries to move to.

I think I will continue this year without changing much - continuing working on the business and researching other countries/cities - and then based on the various results, steer the direction at the end of the year taking everything into account.

This article is already quite long, so I’ll leave the consideration on “goals within personal life” for the next quarter update 😄

But, tl;dr: can’t complain!

Lots of time with gf having fun, eating good food and travelling:

If you’re curious about these things, you can follow me on ig. I usually post my travel and food pics there:

Let me know if you like these kinds of articles!

If you don’t care, I’ll just do similar logs privately, and avoid spamming y’all with it 😁

But if you find it interesting or valuable, I can keep sharing them.

Lmk by replying to this email!

And have a great rest of the week ✌️

Cheers

Nic

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People seem to have liked it:

I also got some request for a follow-up video, to expand on some topics:

(message from Euro Top Tech Discord Community)

If you’ve watched the video too, lmk what you thought about it, as well as if you have any indication of what you’d like me to treat in future videos!

That’s all for today folks!

Have a great rest of the Sunday 💫

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• Work 1:1 with me (Nicola Amadio, author of this newsletter), and join the other engineers who were able to 2x/3x they pay and freedom in the past few months!

So I decided to record a one hour motivational and actionable rant where I sit with an imaginary new grad looking for their first job, or with someone who just lost their job and is struggling to find a new one.

Unscripted and raw.

Sharing tactics, "mindset hacks", hard facts from the job market, data from my job platforms and coaching program, personal anecdotes and experiences.

Feeling good now to have contributed to this cause :)

You find the video clicking at the above preview, or at this link.

Hope it's gonna help someone!

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• 1000+ jobs from 100+ fully-remote companies paying $100-600k per year.

• Private guides - like this one - to help you land these jobs.

Remote GOATs - The operating system for high-earning remote workers:

• Curated job board with thousands of six-figure remote tech roles (Europe-remote, global-remote, NA, LATAM, APAC).

• Career Lab: practical guides + AI tools to land and negotiate top remote roles.

• AI Relocation Software: decide where to live using data, not vibes.

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• Private network of location-independent operators building borderless lives.Full access to paid content, deep dives, and the Remote GOATs community.

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To help companies hire tech talent from South and Eastern Europe.

It’s the perfect match:

• Tech workers get good salaries relative to their cost of living and/or taxes

• Companies get great talent at less cost than North and Western EU / the U.S.

It’s a concept that works, and many companies already do it (nearshoring).

A combo made in heaven, actually.

And one I feel uniquely positioned to support:

• The European Engineer (this newsletter): 15,000 email subscribers

• LinkedIn: 62,500+ followers

• YouTube: 2,300+ subscribers

• X: 1500+ followers

My audience? Mostly ambitious tech workers in Europe.

Here’s how it works:

1. You post a job on Forfettariato.com

2. I review it, make sure it’s a match, and add it to the site

3. I share the new jobs in a newsletter article and on LinkedIn

It’s a new project, and I want to make it extra appealing. It’s also a bit of a passion project (to help fellow devs from lower-pay regions of Europe access better-paid opportunities).

Which is why I’m starting with very low prices: about 20% of what other job boards charge. While delivering more value:

• A highly targeted audience of skilled European tech workers

• A direct, genuine connection with that audience, built over years of content, education, coaching, and community building

💶 100€ per month per job ad

🔥 First 20 customers: 50€ per month

You can purchase your job slot directly on Forfettariato.com. Feel free to reply to this email with any questions.

If you’re a tech worker interested in these jobs: you’ll get notified in this newsletter when new roles are posted.

If you like the cause: like and reshare 🙌 And if you know someone who’s hiring, send them this post 🙏

That’s all for today folks!

Have a great rest of the week 💫

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• Private guides - like this one - to help you land these jobs.

Remote GOATs - The operating system for high-earning remote workers:

• Curated job board with thousands of six-figure remote tech roles (Europe-remote, global-remote, NA, LATAM, APAC).

• Career Lab: practical guides + AI tools to land and negotiate top remote roles.

• AI Relocation Software: decide where to live using data, not vibes.

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The nr.1 limiting factor to their success in Europe?

Work and residency permits.

You can be physically in Europe, working with a valid visa... But if that is tied to your employer, compared to someone with a valid Permanent Residency (PR), you’re playing on hard mode.

Your highest priority — to be balanced out with other important priorities, of course — should be: being on a path to PR while you’re living in Europe.

There’s many ways to get there, and I’ll expand on those in the future. But a simple and effective way is:

⭐️ Remote Job + Digital Nomad Visa ⭐️

1. Land a remote job that allows you to work in Europe

2. Apply for a Digital Nomad (DN) Visa

3. Start your path to PR

IMPORTANT: not all DN Visas lead to PR. Which is why you should strongly prioritise getting a DN Visa in a country which does.

The best 4 countries I’ve identified for this purpose:

🔥 Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece 🔥

My favorite is Greece 🇬🇷 — it has the lowest taxes among these 4, while still offering a comparable lifestyle to the other 3 (better or worse depending on your taste).

That said: easiness of access and bureaucracy also matter. It might be worth applying to all 4 countries to maximise your chances.

Countries I don’t recommend:

• Croatia — great country, but no path DN → PR

• Estonia, Hungary — no path DN → PR

Am I missing something?

This is my ranked top 4:

1. 🇬🇷 Greece

2. 🇪🇸 Spain

3. 🇵🇹 Portugal

4. 🇮🇹 Italy

We factor in easiness of permanent residency (discussed above), and also:

• Bureaucracy and delays in the process

• Tax rates

Portugal loses a few points on bureaucracy. Italy stays in the game, but I wouldn’t recommend it to the majority of tech workers — especially those aiming at 6-figure jobs (taxes get rough).

Spain has: a consolidated DN Visa process, no big delays, good weather, solid infrastructure, the Beckham Law for lower taxes in the first few years, a growing tech market once you reach PR, and is generally foreigner-friendly.

But... it’s Greece 🇬🇷 that takes the top spot — for someone committed to remote work and entering Europe via a DN Visa.

Here’s why:

1. Effective DN Visa application and examination process

2. Great weather, cost of living, and lifestyle

3. Best taxes among these 4 countries (see article linked in first comment)

4. Learning Greek ROI

Because once you get PR or citizenship:

→ Move to Cyprus for an even more international and tax-friendly environment

→ Or stay in Greece, if you loved your time there

→ Or after citizenship, move wherever you like in Europe

Sorted. ✅

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• Private guides - like this one - to help you land these jobs.

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• Curated job board with thousands of six-figure remote tech roles (Europe-remote, global-remote, NA, LATAM, APAC).

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Hope you had a great weekend :)

Today’s email will be short, and cover some updates from my other project (no promo, mostly free content).

I am launching a new project

What is it about? Read on here

If you want to try out hiring some awesome remote tech talent from my (80k+ people) targeted audience, reply to this email, and for 50 eur I can get you in front of everyone, and have you benefit from all the traffic during the public launch.

I’ve also recently published some new articles for the Remote GOATs Newsletter

1. Greece for remote workers and online entrepreneurs

[article link]

Tl;dr: 20-26% total tax rate, easy Digital Nomad Visa, high lifestyle, low/mid costs

A great pic!

2. Cyprus for remote workers and online entrepreneurs

[article link]

3rd article on Cyprus I published for Remote GOATs.

We go through a realistic assessment of the place, with its pros and cons, that lead to what I think is a 7.5-8/10 option for location-independent professionals in Europe.

I also explain how the fact that Greece is a good option, would make the case of Cyprus stronger: through a Cyprus plan A setup with Greece as a nearby plan B.

3. The case for Rural Europe (for remote workers / online entrepreneurs)

[article link]

The case for it, cutting through the hype / the IG posts.

That’s all for today folks!

Have a great rest of the week 💫

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• Private guides - like this one - to help you land these jobs.

Remote GOATs - The operating system for high-earning remote workers:

• Curated job board with thousands of six-figure remote tech roles (Europe-remote, global-remote, NA, LATAM, APAC).

• Career Lab: practical guides + AI tools to land and negotiate top remote roles.

• AI Relocation Software: decide where to live using data, not vibes.

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What is it?

A flat-rate income tax for freelancers and small business owners:

• 5% for your first five years

• 15% afterwards

Works only if you operate under a sole proprietorship (”Partita Iva”), and only if your revenue is below €85’000 per year.

Profit margins are calculated “automatically”:

• You can’t deduct business expenses

• Instead: 78% of your revenue (in case of tech workers) is considered taxable

Then, you pay the income tax on that 78% of revenue.

On top of this, you also need to pay social security: called “INPS”, in Italy.

• The amount will depend on a few details, but it’s around 26%

• This also is applied just on the 78% taxable base

Some example math at €60k revenue:

Case 1: 5% income (first 5 years after opening):

• Taxable base: €60k × 78% = €46,800

• INPS (26.07%) = €12,200

• Income tax (5% on €34,600) = €1,730

• Total burden = ~€13,930 (~23% of gross)

Case 2: 15% (normal / after 5 years):

• Taxable base: €60k × 78% = €46,800

• INPS (26.07%) = €12,200

• Income tax (15% on €34,600) = €5,190

• Total burden = ~€17,390 (~29% of gross)

At other income levels, it’s still roughly the same:

• 23% for the first 5 years

• ~29% afterwards

It’s not single digit tax rates.

But: 23% first, and 29% later, total tax, for Italy... It’s not too bad!

The 85k revenue cap will be low for many people.

But there’s a clear segment of people for which this is an interesting proposition:

• Remote worker making 50-85k per year

• Prioritising WLB and lifestyle

• Living in Rome, Catania, or some other good value Italian town

It’s not a bad life.

Real estate in Italy outside of Milan is dirt cheap.

Save some money working abroad, move to Italy with Forfettario, buy a house, live rent free, enjoy some of the best lifestyles in the world while working a chill job.

3.5-5.5k euros per month gets you very far in many Italian cities.

What do you think?

Would you do it?

Let me know replying to this email! I read all the replies.

Nic

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• Private guides - like this one - to help you land these jobs.

Remote GOATs - The operating system for high-earning remote workers:

• Curated job board with thousands of six-figure remote tech roles (Europe-remote, global-remote, NA, LATAM, APAC).

• Career Lab: practical guides + AI tools to land and negotiate top remote roles.

• AI Relocation Software: decide where to live using data, not vibes.

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Yup, read that again: over 13’000.

It’s the largest DB on the internet of top-paying jobs in tech in Europe.

And the best part is that we’re just getting started: expected this number to grow more and more, month by month, in 2026.

This is due to 2 factors:

1. Adding more companies, especially among fully-remote ones

2. Adding non-engineering roles (still within high-paying tech companies)

In practice, this is what you’ll get within the job board:

A) Big Tech / Scale-ups / Quant Finance onsite/hybrid/country-remote engineering roles

B) Big Tech / Scale-ups / Quant Finance onsite/hybrid/country-remote non-engineering roles

C) Fully-remote six-figure engineering roles

D) Fully-remote six-figure non-engineering roles

Remote GOATs, in the meantime, hosts the largest repository on the internet of six-figure remote roles in the world.

Global-remote roles, Euro-remote, APAC-remote, LATAM-remote, NA-remote, etc.

Here too: both engineering and non-engineering roles in tech.

Both products of course also offer plenty of other resources…

In addition to the job board,

Euro Top Tech offers:

• Private guides to help you land top roles in tech

• Discord community with other motivated tech workers in Europe

• AI tools like a CV reviewer, a Skills-jobs matcher and career advisor (making accessible the tools and learnings of my coaching program)

• And more

Remote GOATs:

• The same guides to help you land top roles in tech

• Private newsletter articles

• AI Relocation Advisor to help you decide where to move to with your online/remote income

• Discord community with other remote/online workers around the world

• And more

You can purchase them separately:

• 19 eur/mo or 89 eur/year for the full package in each case

• plus some cheaper plans in case of Euro Top Tech, if you only want access to the job board

Or just get the MASTER PLAN:

• 119 eur/year

• Gives you access to EVERYTHING.

If any of the above sounds interesting…

And you’re ready to take the next step in your tech career in Europe or in your remote life, act NOW.

GO HERE TO START YOUR SUBSCRIPTION

And with that said…

I wish y’all an AMAZING EASTER!

Here’s a beautiful Easter Egg from Gualtiero Marchesi (1930–2017) 🇮🇹👨‍🍳

Don’t forget to help us gather info and stats about tech workers conditions in Europe and remotely 🙂

If you’re a remote worker, don’t forget to contribute here (anonymously), so we get more intel for this page.

If you’re a tech worker in Europe, you can do the same here, for this other page.

Lets do it!! 💪

See you next week!

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• 1000+ jobs from 100+ fully-remote companies paying $100-600k per year.

• Private guides - like this one - to help you land these jobs.

Remote GOATs - The operating system for high-earning remote workers:

• Curated job board with thousands of six-figure remote tech roles (Europe-remote, global-remote, NA, LATAM, APAC).

• Career Lab: practical guides + AI tools to land and negotiate top remote roles.

• AI Relocation Software: decide where to live using data, not vibes.

• Real-world data from remote workers on income, taxes, cost of living, and overall life satisfaction.

• Private network of location-independent operators building borderless lives.Full access to paid content, deep dives, and the Remote GOATs community.

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But online I keep seeing people pushing the idea of starting your own thing.

People now even say that it’s easier than getting a job:

Before I lay out my opinion, let me first list a few already published articles that touch on this topic:

• The first business I launched was my coaching program. Here’s few thoughts I wrote down few months after having started it, comparing it to my previous tech career.

• One year ago, after roughly one year of being an entrepreneur, I draw some conclusions on that path vs corporate career.

• Here some additional thoughts on how a “content creator lifestyle” differs from that of an employee.

• Here I compare the two paths, for someone looking into a remote career

• Here I deep-dive on remote careers for employees

• Here some tips for aspiring entrepreneurs, based on my experience and learnings transitioning from corporate workers to online entrepreneur

• Here my financial recap after my first full year as a business owner

• Here some thoughts on career direction / finding your path

• Tips to my younger self (career and life wise, in general)

• Trying out entrepreneurship is easier if you’re at least CoastFIREd, and here’s how I managed to do just that

• Here some learnings from “retiring” early - i.e. at 30 - from a corporate career

One of the arguments often made around the “business > job” narrative, is that the job market is more competitive now than 5/10 years ago.

Well…

That might be true. But it’s not less competitive than succeeding in business.

I think a lot of people don’t know how to play the tech career game, and that’s why they might think it’s that rigged/hard.

Here’s a few articles on how to do just that:

• Some general tips for navigating a tough market and volatile future

• How to “cheat” your career (=better invest your resources)

• Why and how to build a career strategy

• Deep-dive on state of the market in Europe in 2025 and 2026 (including better strategies to apply in the years to come)

So, what is my opinion on “entrepreneurship being easier than getting a job”?

Generally, I disagree.

I think the numbers agree with me too:

I’m not against entrepreneurship.

I think for some people might be awesome and a great thing to strive for.

Personally: I like my day to day life much more now than when I was working a job.

But… It’s not easier than working a job. Far from it. And most people don’t make it.

That’s just the truth.

Hope you found today’s article and resources useful!

My goal was to highlight:

• How to thrive in your tech career

• How to leverage your tech career if you’re planning to become an entrepreneur

If it helped you, let me know! 🙂

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• Private guides - like this one - to help you land these jobs.

• Private Discord community of other tech workers in Europe.

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• Career Lab: practical guides + AI tools to land top remote roles.

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• Real-world data from remote workers on income, taxes, cost of living, and overall life satisfaction.

• Private Discord community.

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Newsletter deep-dive from Remote GOATs

YouTube Video:

2. Five companies paying $100-400k for fully-remote engineers

See the list for free here.

Short and swift today 🙂

If you’re a remote worker, don’t forget to contribute here (anonymously), so we get more intel for this page.

If you’re a tech worker in Europe, you can do the same here, for this other page.

Lets do it!! 💪

See you next week!

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• 1000+ jobs from 100+ fully-remote companies paying $100-600k per year.

• Private guides - like this one - to help you land these jobs.

Remote GOATs - The operating system for high-earning remote workers:

• Curated job board with thousands of six-figure remote tech roles (Europe-remote, global-remote, NA, LATAM, APAC).

• Career Lab: practical guides + AI tools to land and negotiate top remote roles.

• AI Relocation Software: decide where to live using data, not vibes.

• Real-world data from remote workers on income, taxes, cost of living, and overall life satisfaction.

• Private network of location-independent operators building borderless lives.Full access to paid content, deep dives, and the Remote GOATs community.

Six Figure Euro Engineer - Maxx your pay and lifestyle as a tech worker in Europe:

• Work 1:1 with me (Nicola Amadio, author of this newsletter), and join the other engineers who were able to 2x/3x they pay and freedom in the past few months!

Making the case for it having become the best place for tech workers in Europe.

A lot has changed since then, but the positioning hasn’t.

Poland is still dominating Europe’s tech markets and careers.

In general, it’s a country-model that works:

Where investment flows:

And where opportunities, as a consequence, are created.

Top countries and cities by amount of high-paying onsite/hybrid jobs (from EuroTopTech.com)

Warsaw 4th city in Europe:

Poland 4th country in Europe:

And this is only part of the story.

As we discussed several times:

high-pay remote is the new best tech career path

Simply put:

And Poland is a great hub for having a remote career.

Here’s an article I once published about my top 4 picks for remote careers in Europe:

Beyond the 4 aforementioned countries, there’s several others that can be good for remote workers, depending on one’s priorities.

But:

There’s no other country in Europe that combines remote work efficiency with a huge local high-paying market.

And this is the unique value proposition of Poland.

In addition to being a “based” country:

The final destination/goal might not be Poland

IMO: the best is ending up with a remote income, and then choosing where to live based on what you like, rather than “where the jobs are”.

So, in the end, you might opt for other alternatives than Poland, depending on what you value: weather, geopolitics, nature, food, big/small cities, seaside, lakes, culture, social life, etc.

Maybe you’ll stay in Poland still (plenty of remote earning people do).

Me, personally: I’ve recently been looking into Croatia.

(subscribe to newsletter.RemoteGOATs.com for a deep-dive on it that I’ll publish this weekend!)

But everyone’s priorities and taste are different.

Other people like the stability and infra of Switzerland, others the cost effectiveness and seaside life of Albania, others the 1% tax of Georgia, some prefer Spain, Portugal and Italy, many like the lifestyle and tax-efficiency of Cyprus, etc.

But Poland might be the best bridge to the final destination

• Largest amount of junior and mid-level roles in Europe

• Can start onsite, learn, up-skill, put top-name companies on the CV

• Then land remote gig from Poland

• After remote income feels stable and savings are high-enough → luxury of relocating wherever you want to

Here’s a YouTube video I recently published on Poland and Warsaw, in case you want to learn more:

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Following up on Croatia, here’s a video vlog recorded 2 days ago in Zagreb- a city I found pleasantly surprising.

And, in case you’ll find it interesting, here’s a vlog from Zagreb’s farmers market :)

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4. WW3 Geopolitical risks: Croatia vs Switzerland

Recently I’ve been looking into Croatia as a promising place for location-independent professionals: here you can see the deep-dive on Remote GOATs.

Given the recent developments in Iran, and considering the global state of geopolitics, I’ve spent some time on Grok iterating on how to better position myself as a remote-income individual for the next few decades: you find the deep-dive here.

5. Bifecta and Trifecta life setups for remote professionals in Europe

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Here's what "life after FIRE" looks like 👇️

First, a brief recap:

• I pursued a high-paying career in tech (type of jobs you find on Euro Top Tech)
• Saved -> invested -> saved -> good $ buffer
• Started side hustles (tech career coaching + Euro Top Tech + Remote GOATs 🐐)
• Money buffer invested to secure retirement
• Side hustle paying the bills

So, technically: it's more of a CoastFIRE than a full FIRE.

But, the way I built the side hustle, makes it very similar: pretty much every single day I wake up and do whatever I want, work-wise.

Here’s 4 truths about FIRE:

1. You'll still want to do *something* in your life

Even if you don't need money.

I think, for many people, this "something" will need to make you feel engaged, satisfied, on a growth path, and so on.

Not even my grandparents in their 90s sit all day doing nothing.

That would be a somewhat depressing life.

2. If you're doing something useful, there'll usually be money

In the end, it's a bit hard to feel satisfied and fulfilled if you're not sure that what you're doing matters.

Now: there's many things you can do that have an impact and make no money, but most DO make *some* money (money is a good proxy for perceived value).

If you watched Space Jam: do you remember how Michael Jordan felt, playing baseball and being a noob at it?

3. The above two points imply that -> You'll always be kinda working

This is a good realisation to come at, IMO.

Because it can shift the understanding of "chasing FIRE".

You might realise that making 3M is not the only or the smartest way to "escape the rat race". Maybe you just need to course correct your life or career.

4. Life is not a dream

It's also important to understand that "full freedom" is a silly concept.

There's no "absolute freedom".

The same way I show up to my coaching calls, I also do with friends' hangouts, or going on a trip with my gf if I promised her we'll go, or if I want to get stuff done 'cause weeks ago I started a new project that I now want to see go live.

We're always "in the trenches" - so to say.

I find the "financial freedom" concept a bit weird. It just means being more rich.

But, for most people: while not being poor is great, being financially comfortable, or rich, or very rich, doesn't make a huge difference.

Also: if you want to get rich, just say it.

Don't say: "I want to get rich so I become free / escape something".

That's just in your head.

In conclusion:

IMO, the best way to "FIRE" is to start saying "no" to the things you don't want to, as early as you can.

You might realise that you can already afford a lot of no's.

And you'll eventually discover that you'll never get completely rid of all the things you don't like. And that's normal.

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This is a “line of research” I’m currently quite interested in.

Because I think a lot of people want an answer to the question: “If I earn location-independently, where should I base myself”?

Including me.

One option I recently found interesting is Croatia

Not new: I had already mentioned it in this article some time ago (~1 year ago).

But now I’ve researched it way more in detail, and you can see the details here (FULL DEEP-DIVE).

If you’re in the US, here’s a list of 25 companies paying six-figures there:

Till the next time!

PS: if you haven’t yet, contribute HERE if you’re a remote worker (data/stats will show up here: https://www.remotegoats.com/data).

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• 2000+ top paying tech jobs in Europe from big tech companies, HFT firms and high-paying scale-ups.

• 1000+ jobs from 100+ fully-remote companies paying $100-600k per year.

• Private guides - like this one - to help you land these jobs.

Remote GOATs - The operating system for high-earning remote workers:

• Curated job board with thousands of six-figure remote tech roles (Europe-remote, global-remote, NA, LATAM, APAC).

• Career Lab: practical guides + AI tools to land and negotiate top remote roles.

• AI Relocation Software: decide where to live using data, not vibes.

• Real-world data from remote workers on income, taxes, cost of living, and overall life satisfaction.

• Private network of location-independent operators building borderless lives.Full access to paid content, deep dives, and the Remote GOATs community.

Six Figure Euro Engineer - Maxx your pay and lifestyle as a tech worker in Europe:

• Work 1:1 with me (Nicola Amadio, author of this newsletter), and join the other engineers who were able to 2x/3x they pay and freedom in the past few months!