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I am. Full time US citizen software developer living in Asia for the past 3 years. Get paid to a US bank account. Country I’m in isn’t good at collecting taxes.
Both startups were Bay area based, around 50-100 people in size. Comp was about five to ten percent below bay area standards but I was making north of $180k/yr in the end.
Setup was similar to yours. I was treated as a contractor. There were a few things I had to do to make this legal on the German side but not overly complicated.
Got to travel a lot (including a round the world trip in 2017 while working remotely) and frequent visits to the US were the norm.
Curious question: does that also mean you get US salaries between $100K - $120K?
Any company that tries to play games with CoL is a red flag, to be honest.
It basically mean they can't attract the best everywhere (since you know top performers are already working for SF level comp for remote companies) so good luck competing.
I am. Full time US citizen software developer living in Asia for the past 3 years. Get paid to a US bank account. Country I’m in isn’t good at collecting taxes.
This doesn't really apply to me as I'm not a US Citizen or a Green Card holder, but out of curiosity. Are you on a payroll in your home state and pay state + federal taxes or are you paid as a contractor similar to what I do?
You can't be a tax resident of nowhere. In Canada to become a nonresident for tax purposes you need to establish tax residency elsewhere.
I am, but also on a small startup. I think any larger organization will be more worried about the risks mentioned in the comments of this Ask HN that I posted recently: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28898198 My experience is that the sweet spot is a small organization that embraces global remote and don’t care much about hiring contractors full time, but not actively look for outside of US candidates. Medium t…
Like you say the ones that cater to American audiences are good. Even if it says Remote(US) if it's a smaller company then you can still get a job there if you can sell yourself well. You may need to be flexible with your working hours if you're in a different timezone though. (I don't mind working US hours but for some people this may be a dealbreaker)
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This doesn't really apply to me as I'm not a US Citizen or a Green Card holder, but out of curiosity. Are you on a payroll in your home state and pay state + federal taxes or are you paid as a contractor similar to what I do?
Most people do pay taxes in their home country. You can't be a tax resident of nowhere. In Canada to become a nonresident for tax purposes you need to establish tax residency elsewhere.
Actually for Americans the rules are bit different in that Uncle Sam wants his cut even if they live overseas (over a certain amount IIRC) but for the rest of us it's purely residence based.
Are there non-Americans doing this?