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

#51
No offense but why are there still platforms where devs apply to companies? How can this work when you have significant more demand than supply?

Bonus question: Why relocate in times where even FAANG heavily hires remote people to the same conditions as their local staff?

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

#53

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…

Free land offered for those willing to relocate to Pitcairn

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

#54

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…

If you are American citizen, just be aware of FBAR and FACTA. You can reduce your US taxes, but not really, because then you have to pay local taxes. Also, your tax reporting requirements go up.

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

#55
post #51

No offense but why are there still platforms where devs apply to companies? How can this work when you have significant more demand than supply? Bonus question: Why relocate in times where even FAANG heavily hires remote people to the same conditions as their local staff?

> Bonus question: Why relocate in times where even FAANG heavily hires remote people to the same conditions as their local staff?

They are still not "heavily" hiring remote. Many are just hiring remote while COVID is still around. They ask people to relocate to one of their offices after.

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

#56
If you’re an American developer looking to move abroad, a much better plan would be to first pick up a remote gig with an American company, and then move overseas. Your take home pay will be easily triple what you can negotiate from a European company.

This site takes the opposite approach of finding positions at EU shops that will handle relocation and visas. That certainly helps get you situated, but they’ll likely expect a long term commitment. And long term, you’ll leave a ton of money on the table.

I expect that’s why the jobs listed on this site don’t reveal salaries. It would kinda take the wind out of the idea if they had to tell you that none of these jobs pay more than $50k.

Ps. Still go through! It’s really nice over here. Just make sure you get the best deal for yourself.

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

#57

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…

If you're interested in the EU, there are treaties like the Dutch-American Friendship Treaty that allow you to get on the path towards permanent residence for a modest investment, assuming you're already self-employed.

https://expatlaw.nl/dutch-american-friendship-treaty

If I was going to move out of the US, I'd take a long hard look at that one.

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

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post #39

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...

If you’re making Software Engineer money, I understand that the Foreign Tax Credit (FTC) is almost always going to be better than the Foreign Earned Income Exemption (FEIE) which is hard to revoke as your income increases.

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

#59

As a UK user on mobile over 30% of the viewable area is a cookie alert. There’s no need for tracking cookies on the home page as shown by Github’s recent blog post [0] 0. https://github.blog/2020-12-17-no-cookie-for-you/

Good point! Thanks for sharing
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