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klaudioz | 5 years ago

LATAM engineers should try to immigrate to the US instead to working remote. The same owner of Ontop is saying that they are getting just 33% of the salary they'd get in the US. Venausa (https://www.venausa.net) is giving a coaching in Spanish to get a job in the US in less than one year averaging 90.000 USD annually for LATAM engineers.

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thegginthesky|5 years ago

I would recommend the opposite. I lived in a LATAM country and I earned a modest USD salary but my quality of life was much better than now, when I receive the "33% more" and live in the US. This is because:

- USD is always high, so currency conversion is very favorable. I literally earned 4x more than an engineer at the same position in a local big company.

- My spending was in local currency, so utilities and most of everything is very low priced compared to what I earned.

- Taxation in many LATAM countries is about 15% or less, depending on how you incorporate yourself.

- Health is much cheaper than of the US at a similar quality. I could have a major heart surgery for less than 10k USD with world renowned doctors.

- Migrating is never easy, cultural barriers, lack of family support and bureaucracy can add a huge amount of stress.

edit: some minor grammar mistakes

pelagicAustral|5 years ago

I was sort of passing by Bogota a few years ago and got a job for BairesDev... It was 2,500 US a month kind of job... I guess thats peanuts in the US but it was quite a bit for my needs in Bogota, rent included near Calle 85 (which I miss like hell!)... Super secure as well... never had a problem in Bogota... LATAM is the best, I must say.

klaudioz|5 years ago

Tell me about security living there ... ?

elindbe3|5 years ago

Should is the wrong word. I think what you mean is it would benefit them financially to immigrate. Some people may not want to leave family in their home country and others may simply not want to live in the US.

notdang|5 years ago

90k USD in USA and 40k USD in LATAM is a huge difference not in favour of USA

klaudioz|5 years ago

That's just an average. I'm doing 130K now. I'm from Chile and the cost of life difference between Santiago and Utah is practically zero, earning 6x. Obviously is more difficult to do it having a family with kids, that the visas can cover the family as well. Giving a English education to your kids can be the best gift you can do them.

juliantorresgo|5 years ago

Cost of living in latam is very low compared to the US and exchange rates almost multiply your purchasing power by 4.

f00zz|5 years ago

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klaudioz|5 years ago

Living in the south of Brazil ?