Currently doing it in Bangalore, India! Anymore people/couples doing the same right now?
Currently doing this in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Off to Croatia next!
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#12Beetle? Vintage? That seems to imply "good"...
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#14A very useful site to help you find a good city/country is numbeo.com. There you can make cost-of-living comparison between 2 cities. For example, look at the difference between Lausanne, Switzerland and Bangalore, India (the indian silicon valley!) -> bit.ly/ltwXUf
I find the Cost of Living Index on the bottom of that site to be suspect. If NYC is 100, Berlin is 91.71?
I simply don't trust that. I lived in New York for years, and have spent several weeks in Berlin.
Berlin is far cheaper than NYC. It is considered one of the cheapest big cities in Europe. And numbeo says that it is only 10% cheaper than NYC: http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/cpi_explained.jsp
I find that the estimate on Expatistan seem much more reasonable: http://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living/comparison/berlin/n...
Expatistan: NYC is 43% more expensive than Berlin
Perhaps this is because Expatistan provides more emphasis on the entertainment category?
p.s. Please don't use shortened links on HN.
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#16A very useful site to help you find a good city/country is numbeo.com. There you can make cost-of-living comparison between 2 cities. For example, look at the difference between Lausanne, Switzerland and Bangalore, India (the indian silicon valley!) -> bit.ly/ltwXUf
I find the Cost of Living Index on the bottom of that site to be suspect. If NYC is 100, Berlin is 91.71? I simply don't trust that. I lived in New York for years, and have spent several weeks in Berlin. Berlin is far cheaper than NYC. It is considered one of the cheapest big cities in Europe. And numbeo says that it is only 10% cheaper than NYC: http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/cpi_explained.jsp I find that the…
expatisan is very nice for big cities, but as soon as you look for smaller city no data is available.
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#17What are the best technologies to focus on in order to be mobile/remote?
I've notice that nobody is interested in remote C++ development, and the few people I meet who are doing something like this are in some branch of web development.
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#18What are the best technologies to focus on in order to be mobile/remote? I've notice that nobody is interested in remote C++ development, and the few people I meet who are doing something like this are in some branch of web development.
I think the reason for this is C++ is the new COBOL with the commensurate PHBs.
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#19What’s the best way to go about finding places to live for a short time that don’t cost an arm, leg and rib?
I've been on the road six months so far, and have been using Craigslist, AirBNB, HomeAway, and VRBO.com. (Though these last two nearly never have sane prices.)
You absolutely have to haggle. Every time. Even if you're only staying two days, ask for a discount because you're a quiet computer programmer who knows how to clean up after themself. Other good reasons include last-minute offers and long stays. I've knocked 50% off of ~50 nights so far, the usual discount for even trying anything is 25%, and only once has none of the half-dozen places I've contacted not taken something off the price.
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#20What are the best technologies to focus on in order to be mobile/remote? I've notice that nobody is interested in remote C++ development, and the few people I meet who are doing something like this are in some branch of web development.
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