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Re: Google will open a new office complex and add hundreds of jobs in Taiwan

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Post by jklepatch » Wed, Mar 27, 2019, 5:18 PM UTC

goobynight wrote: post #22

cowmoo728 wrote: post #14

I visited Taiwan recently and was shocked by the weird economics there. Rent, food, clothing, and labor are extremely cheap. Foreign goods and property are insanely expensive. It's clear there's wealth, as I saw several dozen rare BMWs and Audis, and some Lambos, Ferraris, Bentleys. But then I read that the average annual salary of a new university graduate is $11,000 USD. It's also a very friendly place to foreigner…

If you're a Taiwan local that is able to sell the local talent in the form of offshore services for even 70% of US rates or even just have a remote job that pays well, you will have a Lambo/early retirement/whatever faster than you know it, because you will be able to save the entirety of your post-tax salary.

As someone who is doing exactly that I can confirm!

Re: Google will open a new office complex and add hundreds of jobs in Taiwan

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Post by vram22 » Thu, Mar 28, 2019, 12:27 PM UTC

scythe wrote: post #74

vram22 wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> safer than mainland SE Asia Safer in what sense? crime? traffic? other?

I was primarily thinking about corruption and political stability, and civil rights (particularly women’s rights) are a concern wrt Malaysia, which otherwise leads in the EDBI for the region.

Got it, thanks.

Re: Google will open a new office complex and add hundreds of jobs in Taiwan

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Post by lemerou » Sat, Mar 30, 2019, 4:58 AM UTC

cowmoo728 wrote: post #14

I visited Taiwan recently and was shocked by the weird economics there. Rent, food, clothing, and labor are extremely cheap. Foreign goods and property are insanely expensive. It's clear there's wealth, as I saw several dozen rare BMWs and Audis, and some Lambos, Ferraris, Bentleys. But then I read that the average annual salary of a new university graduate is $11,000 USD. It's also a very friendly place to foreigner…

Totally agree with the rest of your answer but rent is definitely not extremely cheap, at least in Taipei (wich is where most of the jobs are). It can actually be argued that the property market in Taipei is a bubble.

Re: Google will open a new office complex and add hundreds of jobs in Taiwan

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Post by KerrickStaley » Wed, Apr 03, 2019, 12:44 AM UTC

patcon wrote: post #78

KerrickStaley wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The article is not about Project Sidewalk or smart cities, it's about opening an office campus.

I recognize that. But it's plainly a big connected operation, at least until we break it up. They operate via succession -- one subsidiary moves in and helps create space for the next. fwiw, you do people a disservice when you assume they don't know what they're talking about, just because you don't see the connection. If you took a second to offer me good faith and maybe presumed I'd read the article, then you could…

I downvoted the comment because you didn't connect what you were saying to the article, and so the comment reads as off-topic. Google has offices in dozens (if not hundreds) of cities around the world and has only launched Sidewalk in one of them, so it's not clear that a new Taipei office would lead to a Sidewalk launch there.

I hope this makes sense. I unfortunately cannot remove the downvote at this point.

Re: Google will open a new office complex and add hundreds of jobs in Taiwan

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Post by goodold » Thu, Apr 11, 2019, 1:26 PM UTC

lemerou wrote: post #83

cowmoo728 wrote: post #14

I visited Taiwan recently and was shocked by the weird economics there. Rent, food, clothing, and labor are extremely cheap. Foreign goods and property are insanely expensive. It's clear there's wealth, as I saw several dozen rare BMWs and Audis, and some Lambos, Ferraris, Bentleys. But then I read that the average annual salary of a new university graduate is $11,000 USD. It's also a very friendly place to foreigner…

Totally agree with the rest of your answer but rent is definitely not extremely cheap, at least in Taipei (wich is where most of the jobs are). It can actually be argued that the property market in Taipei is a bubble.

That's not true. It is indeed expensive to buy a house, but rent itself is definitely very cheap. This is of course a clear sign that the property market is a bubble there.