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Avoid working for local companies in Poland unless you like low pay. Just find yourself a nice remote gig (there's plenty of them if you know how to find them)
by pzduniak 8y ago
Avoid working for local companies in Poland unless you like low pay. Just find yourself a nice remote gig (there's plenty of them if you know how to find them) and live like the top .001% of the country or whatever. There's a good reason why being a "digital nomad" is becoming more and more popular.
Healthcare starts at ~$130/mo if you manage to not pay for the retirement fund scam (rarely possible), goes up to like $350/mo if you run your own company (not 100% sure, I can thankfully avoid it). The income tax is 19%.
- Udik 8y ago> find yourself a nice remote gig (there's plenty of them if you know how to find them Any starting point?
- flippyhead 8y agohttp://weworkremotely.com http://weworkremotely.com
- _mrmnmly 8y agoagree. I'm from Poland but since the beginning of my programming career I've been working mostly for abroad companies (because of earnings). And about the politics... Only people that want to play into 'politics' game really cares what's happening here - other people just don't care and live happily.
- morsch 8y agoStick with that attitude long enough and you, too, will care about the "politics game".
- _mrmnmly 8y agoI've noticed that many people comment my attitude like this, but I've noticed that the less I care, the more happy life I live (and my friends as well). Caring about politics is a total waste of time and energy - in my opinion it's just better to turn these resources into e.g. earning more money than e.g. thinking how much politicians are "stealing" it from us - I think that's the main reason why people are so angry these days and live unhappy lifes
- sukruh 8y agoYou might not be interested in politics, but politics is interested in you.
- fatamorgana 8y agoCurrently working for a local Polish company as a dev, how would you go about finding a remote gig ?
- pzduniak 8y agoLook for openings on various sites, apply on sites like Upwork. Initially it'll take a lot of effort to get a gig, eventually you should be able to just use your network to find projects.
- xchaotic 8y agohealthcare + mandatory pension contributions are $130 for the first two years of running the business here. After two years you should get a good feeling of whether you can make the larger $350 payments. IMO with any decent income, the relatively low tax rate 19% makes up for the fixed costs of healthcare. $130 is still peanuts compared to a medical insurance in the USA