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$1k, $3k, $4k, $10k, median is $3.5k, with exactly 50% being above, and exactly 50% being below. The same happens with any sample with an even number.
$1K, $1K, $1K, $10K...
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$1K, $1K, $1K, $10K...
Which is what most national income distributions look like. With the vast majority making below or well below the median income. Hence the fuss about the 1% controlling so much wealth.
> With the vast majority making below or well below the median income.
In any case, it's mathematically definitionally impossible for the vast majority of any population to be making less than the median of that population. (It is possible with respect to the average, of course.)
(Even in the above (degenerate) case, there is no member of the series with less than the median value of $1K.)
Only way to migrate to some western country are:
Find a job get visa or
Find a woman get visa
Throw away account. There are a lot of great opportunities for great front-end and designer in US/Canada. However, the biggest thing against you will most likely be your accent and your english. People won't tell you straight in your face, but unless you can communicate very fluidly you'll have a hard time finding a full-time job.. even more if working remotely. I don't know how good is your english/accent, but I'd r…
What is your thinking behind "the country is getting worse?" What is the threshold between "it is bad but ill carry on" and " I need to move out?" What are the factors? Genuinly interested as these types of decisions are immensly interesting.
1) Currency. Its value just keep sinking.
2) Safety. What I fear the most is terrorism. There are a bunch of people in the name of religion doing scary things at night just because they think you're wrong. But cops don't care. I honestly never saw cops fight those people. It's scary.
3) Government. Something is wrong here. Even if next year we will have a presidential election, I don't think it'll make things better.
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I am not thinking about starting a business or founding start-up. I just want to move to a better place. I honestly don't like my country. > b) Illegally migrate to another country. Well, I don't want to break the law. If I have a chance I want to move legally. But as you can say, given my background the chances are very slim. > c) Migrate within your country to a better comunity. ... If you succeed here another opti…
How does one run a printing business without any machines? Print brokering? Seems like you could do that from anywhere, and not having equipment to move might be an asset rather than a liability.
I don't have any printing machine. I got all my customers from the internet, so basically we never met. When my customers place orders (from WhatsApp), I would print their orders from a company who actually have a printing machine, then I just sell it more expensive to make profits.
I already do this for about a year now. I went from $100 to $1,000 saving. Which is pretty good money in this country, I can live with that for 5 months.
> Seems like you could do that from anywhere.
Yes, the problem is I need to find another printing company that doesn't cost too much. I'm already thinking about this actually.
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I can simpathise with your desires and calculations - I’ve been there myself. While the country I’ve lived in (part of the USSR) was not that bad, back when the change was happening it really felt like the only rational decision was to flee west. Due to some unfortunate buerocratic mishaps I was forced to stay. And 20 years later here I am - still in the same country, while companies are offering me to relocate and h…
I would add, if you remain in your home country, and you aren’t that confident in that countries’ future, keep your extra earnings in foreign currency and assets. That way, you can hedge against getting screwed in the event of a currency crises or revolution. I have contract workers all over the world and I encourage them to do this.
Can you give me an example? Like what kind of assets?
From what I have read about Japan, it is a deeply tribalist and racist country with extensive government controls that has led to nearly 3 decades of continuous stagnation. I would not move there. I could be completely wrong and do not have first hand experience with that culture. Have you considered Singapore or Hong Kong?
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I don't mean to detract from the general value of this comment, but a nitpick... > Your chances to be better off than the median are very slim. Chances to be better off than the median are exactly 50%.
If you were selecting randomly from the population, yes. OP would have significant disadvantages that would make them likely to be below the median.
Actually, your post also doesn't specify that: median of what group?