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Tell me about security living there ... ?
You don't have to worry about security. Glad to invite you down here so you can change your perspective! Cheers.
Source: living for 10 years in LATAM
As the world keeps moving full remote this type of hiring middleware makes a lot of sense, but I have reservations for the trajectory of this model. First, yes, companies in US/Canada and Europe will look for different regions (including LATAM) to source their talent needs. And I do believe that many companies will rely on middleware like this to handle contract and payments. It's great that you're setting up yoursel…
LATAM engineers should try to immigrate to the US instead to working remote. The same owner of Ontop is saying that they are getting just 33% of the salary they'd get in the US. Venausa ( https://www.venausa.net ) is giving a coaching in Spanish to get a job in the US in less than one year averaging 90.000 USD annually for LATAM engineers.
I would recommend the opposite. I lived in a LATAM country and I earned a modest USD salary but my quality of life was much better than now, when I receive the "33% more" and live in the US. This is because: - USD is always high, so currency conversion is very favorable. I literally earned 4x more than an engineer at the same position in a local big company. - My spending was in local currency, so utilities and most…
>because talent is increasing in quality at a fraction of price compared Funny that this didn't get much discussion than I thought this would. Would this mean that developers living in high-priced areas in North America would just need govt assistance since their salary would not be able to meet cost of living?
No, if the market wage fell below the cost of living in SF, the developers would have to move out. Just like every other profession.
>because talent is increasing in quality at a fraction of price compared Funny that this didn't get much discussion than I thought this would. Would this mean that developers living in high-priced areas in North America would just need govt assistance since their salary would not be able to meet cost of living?
What do you think is fueling the high cost of living where developers are concentrated in North America?
As the world keeps moving full remote this type of hiring middleware makes a lot of sense, but I have reservations for the trajectory of this model. First, yes, companies in US/Canada and Europe will look for different regions (including LATAM) to source their talent needs. And I do believe that many companies will rely on middleware like this to handle contract and payments. It's great that you're setting up yoursel…
Thank you very much for the valuable feedback. Noted. You have some strong arguments and points that we will definitely consider in our model. Much appreciated.
LATAM engineers should try to immigrate to the US instead to working remote. The same owner of Ontop is saying that they are getting just 33% of the salary they'd get in the US. Venausa ( https://www.venausa.net ) is giving a coaching in Spanish to get a job in the US in less than one year averaging 90.000 USD annually for LATAM engineers.
I would recommend the opposite. I lived in a LATAM country and I earned a modest USD salary but my quality of life was much better than now, when I receive the "33% more" and live in the US. This is because: - USD is always high, so currency conversion is very favorable. I literally earned 4x more than an engineer at the same position in a local big company. - My spending was in local currency, so utilities and most…
How do we check it out?