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Hacker News' “Who is Hiring?” thread, part 2, remote and locations

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Post by 205guy »

bogomipz wrote: post #193
dmode wrote: post #131

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This is a wildly exaggerated calculation. I make roughly around 300k and my effective taxes (both Fed and State combined) was 28%. I also have daughter and she goes to daycare that costs me $1200/month. I also own a 5 bedroom 2800 sqft house in East Bay, that costed me around a million bucks and the mortgage is around 3500 including insurance and property taxes

That can't be correct. The nominal tax rate for 300K is 33%: http://www.efile.com/tax-service/tax-calculator/tax-brackets... California also has the highest State to Federal tax ratio which is around ~ 10% for what you describe. So your number are way off. http://www.bankrate.com/finance/taxes/state-taxes-california...

Mortgage interest deduction, probably. And it seems like we've gone full circle to the original comment about bankers capturing all the income beyond what it should cost to eat every day and build a house to sleep in.

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Post by skrebbel »

nraynaud wrote: post #91
skrebbel wrote: post #64

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I think a combination of simpler tax/administration and timezones. Working with a distributed team across the world's time zones (f.ex. Bay Area and much of Europe are 9 hours apart) is an entirely different game from working with a distributed team in roughly the same time zone. The latter allows you to organise as a digital version of a colocated office, eg you can you standups, easily plan meetings without negotia…

no, because that's forgetting the entire Latin America that has timezones similar to the US.

I said a combination of that and tax/administration stuff.

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Post by newjersey »

branchless wrote: post #199
newjersey wrote: post #173

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I don't know why it is outrageous to say the solution to high rent is to build more. We shouldn't worry about "squeezing" people out. Ours is a HUGE nation. We have A LOT of natural resources and there is no reason why we can't let people build more (outside of protected areas, of course). People who are "priced out" should move to places where rent costs less. I keep hearing about property owners having enough polit…

I'm not arguing not to build more I'm simply arguing with the notion that the main problem is one of supply and demand. It is not, there are other problems in the mix including taxing labour not land. https://www.amazon.com/Progress-Poverty-Industrial-Depressio...

> there are other problems in the mix including taxing labour not land

I agree to some extent. Property (land) taxes have to be high enough to discourage people from leaving it unused. I have no problems with fully replacing personal income tax but I'm not an expert and I have no idea if we can realistically raise the same tax revenue from land tax alone.

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Post by ceoj »

mnbcvx wrote: post #183
thesmart wrote: post #166

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Uhm, usually because living in the Bay Area is actually a 10x better life for some people. Great weather, very diverse, lots of jobs, public transit is good, arts are amazing, food is amazing, close to sea and ski, etc. etc.

Somehow I doubt that any of that has too much effect on quality of life. I live on less than 400 USD per month and I bet I'm happier than the average Bay Area resident. I also know that I eat far better. Via the internet I have access to all the arts I could ever want. My transit is a bicycle, which is ideal for me. My city is FAR more diverse than anywhere in the US and I'm a few hours from the sea. Weather is a bit…

Which city is it?

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Post by branchless »

newjersey wrote: post #213
branchless wrote: post #199

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I'm not arguing not to build more I'm simply arguing with the notion that the main problem is one of supply and demand. It is not, there are other problems in the mix including taxing labour not land. https://www.amazon.com/Progress-Poverty-Industrial-Depressio...

> there are other problems in the mix including taxing labour not land I agree to some extent. Property (land) taxes have to be high enough to discourage people from leaving it unused. I have no problems with fully replacing personal income tax but I'm not an expert and I have no idea if we can realistically raise the same tax revenue from land tax alone.

We can. Land ownership is far harder to hide. Land value tax is the establishment's worst nightmare.

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Post by branchless »

nl wrote: post #206
TrickzOnU wrote: post #204

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>> People who are "priced out" should move to places where rent costs less It is a huge nation, but one where 70% of the tech jobs are stuck in SF/SV. I can move to Lincoln Nebraska and pay $400/mo in rent, but I sure as heck wont find an employer seeking a python job.

Of course you will[1][2]. Lots more in Omaha[3] of course, but people underestimate just how widespread programming is. [1] http://python.jobs.net/jobs/lincoln,nebraska.aspx [2] https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/python-jobs-lincoln-ne [3] http://www.indeed.com/q-Python-Developer-l-Nebraska-jobs.htm...

And you move, that job falls through, then what? It's far more comp!ex than you very basic approach.

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Post by disgruntledphd2 »

charlesdm wrote: post #164
idrios wrote: post #150

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I agree with the parent comment of this. The bay area gets a lot of attention because it's the software capital of the world, and software has these crazy gross margins and rapid life cycles that allow companies to be born, experience explosive growth, make insane profits, (potentially) suffer radical declines, leading to a quick boom or bust. Software companies make great news stories, so the bay area gets a lot of…

Why do you talk about ivy league graduates? Honestly, the degree is completely irrelevant. If you're a good developer living in Europe and/or the US, you can command $200k-400k a year (often as a consultant) doing specialised work. Plenty of companies are comfortable paying a day rate of $2000-5000 for someone who can deliver results. Not always super easy to get the work, but doable.

I think that the common US conception of education value and pedigree is a function of the high sticker costs and some romantic notion of meritocracy.

Seriously, I work for a US company in Europe, and am massively surprised (and disconcerted) by the fixation on where someone went to school.

We had an awesome candidate a few months back, did 4 interviews with us, aced them all, and one of the final interviewers (US-based) was obsessed with where they got their university education, whereas I don't think anyone else had even noticed it (being more focused on their skills).

Turns out she'd gone to Oxford though, so it was all good :/

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Post by mnbcvx »

ceoj wrote: post #214
mnbcvx wrote: post #183

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Somehow I doubt that any of that has too much effect on quality of life. I live on less than 400 USD per month and I bet I'm happier than the average Bay Area resident. I also know that I eat far better. Via the internet I have access to all the arts I could ever want. My transit is a bicycle, which is ideal for me. My city is FAR more diverse than anywhere in the US and I'm a few hours from the sea. Weather is a bit…

Which city is it?

Phnom Penh. It's a really nice city if you stay away from places where expats congregate. Lack of open spaces and fields though are something that I miss. It's dirty too, but its other charms make up for it. Every day I buy the best fruits and vegetables I've ever tasted at the market near my apartment.

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Post by mooreds »

jedberg wrote: post #159
itchyouch wrote: post #151

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LLCs and S-Corps are useful for their flow-through taxation. It's not a big deal if you're 1099'ing a contractor running their own business, no? When I did sidework, the side gigs all 1099'd me.

It's fine if you do side gig's 1099. But if I have someone doing full time work for me where I set the wage, that's not a contractor anymore according to the IRS and they get really suspicious when your "contractor" has worked for you and only you for many years.

The levels I've heard from bigger companies I have worked for is 30%--they didn't want to provide more than 30% of my income via 1099 contracts because more than that would raise "he's not a contractor" warning signs.

On the other hand, I worked for a smaller company as a 1099 contractor and was billing up to 67% of my yearly income to them.

In both cases I set the rate and determined my time off.

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Post by mooreds »

speeder wrote: post #70
legohead wrote: post #47

I happened to be in Russia when the Who's Hiring thread showed up. I have family there, so I was entertaining the thought of possibly moving there, or maybe staying for a year or two. However, I noticed most of the remote locations were "US-only", and even the ones in other countries were usually local to that country -- "germany only", etc. I was wondering how many of the "US-only" ones would accept me, since I am a…

I am from Brazil, since I graduated around 2009, I never got a 100% legal job, and never got a well paying job or contract. I keep hearing that I should move, or should work remote, I always reply: "How?" Because most countries only allow you to move into them if you get invited or is already wealthy. Most remote jobs I see, no matter where I look (I don't look only on HN) are US-only, or local only. Most jobs that a…

Upwork? They are a firewall, though you pay dearly for that.

Other than that weak suggestion, I don't have anything to offer you except sympathy. Sorry to hear about your situation.

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