Ask HN: Did anybody apply for UK Global Talent visa? How did it go?

Post by disgruntledphd2 » Sun, Jul 18, 2021, 8:18 PM UTC

liberalbias998 wrote: post #43

carlsborg wrote: post #12

If its anything like the prior Tier 1 program, I'd say it would be run very efficiently. (Time between applying to the approval letter == 2 or 3 weeks iirc for me.) Its certainly one of the most startup-friendly visas out there, and despite the recent football press, the UK is a world class country. - Mainly there are no earning requirements like the Tier 1 program had, so you can use your time to drive an innovative…

As someone who lives in the UK; I wish our country and our businesses would train and educate our own residents better. Also I wish our Government ever considered reciprocity for the people here; since the only places we can easily go now are England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Having said that we do need talent; best of luck to applicants.

Post by twic » Sun, Jul 18, 2021, 8:37 PM UTC

randomname2 wrote: post #28

twic wrote: post #22

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Something like this, but not quite this. The going rate for a good senior developer at a decent company is on the order of 80 - 90 k (maybe more). Where by "good" i mean "Pivotal Labs alumnus", and "senior" i mean 5+ years experience, and "decent company" i mean successful FTSE100 company or funded startup, since those are most of the data points i have. That's base salary, and there will be pension contributions, be…

London day rates I've seen for contractors are more like 700 - 900/day on average at places that pay a bit better and 1000+ for specialists. And base salaries I've seen advertised for senior developers at funded startups (e.g. Wagestream, Truelayer) are more like 105k now (more for higher levelings - i.e. Principal/Staff).

Post by [deleted] » Sun, Jul 18, 2021, 8:50 PM UTC

chrisseaton wrote: post #48

thawayuk wrote: post #37

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L6 at FAANG, never went to college and numerous other engineers at my level and across the company haven’t either. Also never spent a penny on health care in the US. Fully covered with Kaiser and company plan I am in 30’s, so maybe due to few issues, but health coverage is good. Also, worked in London and TC of £500k+ was possible for an L6 after 4 years of refreshers and performance multiplier. Knew a few peers on p…

> maybe this is a small select group Obviously anyone at FAANG is going to be at the absolute top of their field internationally so yeah select group.

Post by twic » Sun, Jul 18, 2021, 10:06 PM UTC

randomname2 wrote: post #56

twic wrote: post #53

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Good news about the day rates! I wonder how much of this is about stack - most of my knowledge is of the generic Java development scene, and I'm extremely out of touch even with that now On the permanent positions, that sounds like a seniority thing. The people I know aren't staff or principal. I know someone who's sort of head of engineering at a small but healthy startup, and I think he's on 120k or something.

To be clear I was saying 105k for senior, and more than that for staff/principal. As to day rates I think it's rather about companies willing to pay a bit more to get better contractors rather than any specific stack.

Post by cosmodisk » Sun, Jul 18, 2021, 10:38 PM UTC

hogFeast wrote: post #41

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As someone who lives in the UK, I would like to point out the only affordable city on your list is Newcastle. The rest are in the midst of a crisis of earnings to rent/mortgage costs nightmare.

"crisis" in UK terms...London is moderately expensive in international terms but has come down significantly over the past ten years as price growth levelled off, Bristol is rising but still pretty cheap (and it is rising because so many companies are moving there), Brighton is expensive but there are lots of other commuter options, Edinburgh (the city I am most familiar with) is not expensive...it is up a lot becaus…