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Re: Show HN: Relocate.me – get your next tech job abroad

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Post by u678u »

warent wrote: post #39
hc-taway wrote: post #36

Been looking for a country where I can seek permanent residence status (and maybe, later, citizenship) with my family without having to give up my 1099 (contractor) US remote job and find something local (no, I'm not trying to dodge taxes, and I'd fully expect to pay normal taxes on that income for wherever I ended up). Coming from the US (all of us are native-born citizens). It's been tricky. I get why there's not s…

FYI my understanding is US citizens are exempt from US taxes as long as you spend 330 days of the year outside the US. You still have to file a tax return, you just don't pay anything. https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/fore...

> you just don't pay anything.

(if you earn under 100k USD/yr)

Re: Show HN: Relocate.me – get your next tech job abroad

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Post by totoglazer »

dvirsky wrote: post #17

The annual salary in the calculator goes up to $140,000 for the US. This needs to be way higher if we're talking Bay Area.

Agreed. As soon as I saw that I closed the tab, concluding the whole site isn’t for people in my career/at my career stage.

Re: Show HN: Relocate.me – get your next tech job abroad

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Post by brailsafe »

that_guy_iain wrote: post #31
andrewstetsenko wrote: post #2

Hello, everyone! It’s Andrew, founder of Relocate.me. In a nutshell, Relocate.me is a one-stop platform for tech professionals who are willing to relocate for work. Since launching Relocate.me on Hacker News over 3 years ago ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15922401 ), a lot has changed, and I’m excited to finally introduce Relocate.me 3.0 with a batch of new features and enhancements: 1) Learning center ( http…

Legit question, how many people are being relocated currently? I would have thought Corona would have really messed up your flow but I keep getting emails from you guys with jobs so I assume it's still happening.

I'd be curious as well, though I've met people in the last year who have made moves with the correct visas. Not on this platform though. It seems like the flights were the hardest part.

Re: Show HN: Relocate.me – get your next tech job abroad

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Post by kji »

andrewstetsenko wrote: post #18
dvirsky wrote: post #17

The annual salary in the calculator goes up to $140,000 for the US. This needs to be way higher if we're talking Bay Area.

Thanks for the feedback! In your opinion, what would be a realistic figure for the Bay Area?

Take a look at https://www.levels.fyi/, which has pretty accurate salaries for Bay Area companies.

Re: Show HN: Relocate.me – get your next tech job abroad

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Post by ramraj07 »

awaythro15234 wrote: post #26

I've been thinking of relocating for a while, but also feel a sort of guilt about it. I must admit that the main reason for my doing it is that I feel increasingly disillusioned with the United States, where the paths of both the "left" and the "right" seem equally disappointing. There is a deep sense of social malaise that I feel, while here, and I cannot help but attribute it to that form of neoliberalism that is s…

The fact of the matter is there’s no running away from what happens in the US. Many people leave really good socialists countries because they are basically bored or not challenged enough; so if you want exciting career US is still the best bet. Also whatever happens in the US bleeds slowly everywhere, it’s the vanguard. Don’t forget the grass is always greener on the other side: you’re either looking at a third world country or a place that’s paradoxicall Even worse housing wise than the US.

Re: Show HN: Relocate.me – get your next tech job abroad

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Post by hanniabu »

nonameiguess wrote: post #28
jwagenet wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’ve noticed that projects like this primarily focus on recruiting for software roles (which is understandable if they are shared here), but what are the roadblocks to listing traditional engineering roles (mechanical, electrical, etc). Lack of exposure to those industries (understandable)? Companies not offering relevant positions?

Non-software engineering disciplines tend to involve professional licensing that doesn't necessarily carry over automatically to other countries.

Medical typically does

Re: Show HN: Relocate.me – get your next tech job abroad

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Post by hanniabu »

andrewstetsenko wrote: post #21
dvirsky wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I found this survey: https://www.builtinsf.com/salaries/dev-engineer/senior-softw... Average for senior engineers is around $200K, upper limit towards $300K. Why not just make it open to typing in the sum, at least optionally?

We'll think about it, many thanks!

Could also go up just a bit more, say 180k of a little more range and add a + to take care of anything over that. So the end of the range would be $180k+.

Re: Show HN: Relocate.me – get your next tech job abroad

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Post by hc-taway »

u678u wrote: post #41
warent wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

FYI my understanding is US citizens are exempt from US taxes as long as you spend 330 days of the year outside the US. You still have to file a tax return, you just don't pay anything. https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/fore...

> you just don't pay anything. (if you earn under 100k USD/yr)

Limit's higher for families. You still have to file, though.

Re: Show HN: Relocate.me – get your next tech job abroad

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Post by hc-taway »

notsureaboutpg wrote: post #37
hc-taway wrote: post #36

Been looking for a country where I can seek permanent residence status (and maybe, later, citizenship) with my family without having to give up my 1099 (contractor) US remote job and find something local (no, I'm not trying to dodge taxes, and I'd fully expect to pay normal taxes on that income for wherever I ended up). Coming from the US (all of us are native-born citizens). It's been tricky. I get why there's not s…

I have exactly the same solution. Job I like, fully remote, place I want to move to (with family) and seek permanent residence status outside the US, don't want to cheat taxes. I'd love some info on how to make this happen.

I only mentioned the tax thing because for some reason when I've brought this up other places people thought I was trying to avoid paying taxes. So I figured I'd head that off at the beginning.

I just want to move somewhere with a decent social system (esp. healthcare, though none of us are or expect to be sick in the near future—I'm also not trying to cheat a healthcare system in some fashion) and good schools, and use my certainly-except-in-a-handful-of-expensive-cities above-median income to pay taxes and support the local economy like anyone else. 95% of why I want to do this is so my kids can grow up somewhere with saner government and a generally saner society. None of why I want to do it is to cheat anyone. I'd just rather not also have to change jobs (and probably take a pay cut, and likely end up back in an office, too) to do it. :-/

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