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Why the fook would you move to a third world shit hole country on purpose???
Seriously. Don't move to the US right now.
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Depending on your field, pay. Where else do software engineers make around 200k?
That number is completely meaningless, as it does not include cost of living. Especially health insurance and lack thereof
It's definitely not meaningless.
You can take 200,000 for a few years, and go back and ruin your old local housing market.
That said - this comment aged like milk. CS is not a great career to be in rn thanks to AI
I recently knew two people who came to the US recently.
One was from India, and he came for the money. He has a low six figure job as a "product manager" and the CEO's toady. He's quite ignorant of US politics and history, so he's not really concerned.
The other came from canada, but also has EU residency (or citizenship? unclear). He said he makes more money here. He's making mid six figures as a software engineer at a startup, with poor work/life balance. He can always leave, since his parents own a house in germany.
Neither were coming here like an old timey tale of immigrants trying to find a better life.
You never heard the story of the salt of the earth computer programmer who came to Ellis Island with nothing but a github portfolio and a dream?
Love it! Well done.
I mean, wasn't the old time reasons for coming mostly about "money"?
I feel like we tend to sorta play up the migrations from the past. I'm sure, especially earlier in history, there were more people looking for some type of freedom, but lots of people migrated for "opportunity".
its because they can flee if things get bad, indians are likely wanted in other countries as well so its little loss. Its just the high income that draws them here. indians that are migrating that arnt coming from money or not in tech might have more problems.
I volunteered - worked in a hospital laboratory in Haiti for three years. I went to help.