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By far, applying to work remote for a US based company 3 years ago. I am living in Romania. I still work for them. Theoretically I should be able to retire in
by tudorconstantin 8y ago
By far, applying to work remote for a US based company 3 years ago. I am living in Romania.
I still work for them.
Theoretically I should be able to retire in about 5-10 years, in my mid 40s, depending on how frugal I am with my expenses. This wouldn't have been possible working for a local software company, even though I was paid about 3 times the average national income.
- shRaj9fEc8Vith 8y agoit's so sad that from where i live (SEA), 3 times average gdp per capita is no where enough for retirement. insurance and healthcare system is a joke. so whenever you got health issue, be prepare to spend butt-load of money. i have no idea how gdp per capita is so low yet people have so much of money (unreported income, corruption probably) I make about 25 times the national gdp per capita yet i'm just above average in my country.
- tudorconstantin 8y agoI had 3 times the average national net salary, not GDP, which I guess should be even more. But that income wouldn't have allowed me to retire either. It would allow us (me, my wife and a child) to live a comfortable life though. As a back of the envelope calculation, if you can live with 30% from the income, one should be able to retire in about 7 years.
- shRaj9fEc8Vith 8y agoah i see.
- momozaur 8y agoWhat is the formula to compute the 30%, how did you compute it? After you retired, how much (%) of your salary will you be able to spend monthly?
- ur-whale 8y ago>it's so sad that from where i live (SEA), Well then. Move to Romania. Problem solved.
- tasuki 8y agoMoving from EU to SEA is easy. Moving from SEA to EU is significantly more difficult. I'm privileged to be a EU citizen, but not everyone is. Also see: https://www.passportindex.org/byRank.php https://www.passportindex.org/byRank.php
- nik1aa5 8y agoHow did you find the vacancy? Isn't there some dedicated website for Europeans who want to work for an US company remotely?
- the_new_guy_29 8y agoIm also interested in this
- tudorconstantin 8y agoI found it on jobs.perl.org. I already had about 5 years of Perl programming experience. And I offered to work on US timezone, which I think also helped.
- nik1aa5 8y agoCool to see that there are people hired because of Perl! These days you only here about these new, fancy and very hip programming languages that you must learn... All the best on your job!
- Tehchops 8y agoOur company is currently hiring an SRE in EMEA. US(Seattle) based. Full remote.
- the_new_guy_29 8y agoDemn im more in software dev role currently
- imhoguy 8y agoPlease send me some details, timezone, spec. My email in the profile, thx.
- qualsiasi 8y agoCould you please tell us how you got that job? I'm constantly on the look for a full-remote job, but I find difficult to get one.
- tudorconstantin 8y agoI found it on jobs.perl.org. I already had about 5 years of Perl programming experience. And I offered to work on US timezone, which I think also helped.
- unnouinceput 8y agoI do the same as Tudor. 10 years since I work as freelancer, before that was basically changing jobs in Romania every year or at best every 2 years. For me the site that enabled me to have US/Canada clients is Upwork (former oDesk when i started)