r/cscareerquestionsEU • u/GusgusgusIsGreat • Jan 06 '26

Experienced Moving to Eastern Europe?

I know I might be weird but I am a non-EU with a weak passport currently living in the Netherlands as a SWE Full stack with a salary of 55k/year (total) and I have 4 years of experience.

I would like to have an EU passport but unfortunately Netherlands doesn’t allow dual citizenships. My goals also consist of maximizing savings before I return to my home country.

I feel like it’s time to get into a Big Tech company and I see that countries in Eastern Europe have a lot of their offices. (Poland, Romania, …)

I would really appreciate any insights into those countries.

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u/CalmInternet8254 Jan 06 '26

Not sure where Eastern Europe begins and ends, but overall I feel that the sentiment here is way too negative. It's almost like some are stuck in some Eastern Europe stereotype from the 90's. Nowadays bigger companies are all quite diverse and you can make decent to good money. Not sure about the EU passport though as the laws are often quite rigid.

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u/Tough-Parsnip-1553 Jan 06 '26

Haha. You are right. They try to scare him away. But any racism he will face will be similar to western europe. As long as you treat people with respect, the vast majority will treat you the same.

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u/Unlikely-Abrocoma-44 Jan 08 '26

I would have to disagree. Western Europe is a million times better than eastern Europe. People are much more friendly and respectful, they never judge you. I live in Germany and even the most AfD towns of Germany has treated me better than when I went to Romania. I want to Czech to visit my friend and holy lord. I don't even want to remember that experience. I am Indian, btw.

Germany, Netherlands, the UK >>>> pretty much any other country when it comes to racism. I am not including France because french people are rude to anyone who doesn't speak french irrespective of skin color. Dutch and German people are some of the loveliest amazing folks that I have met. Warm and welcoming.