Montevideo, Uruguay (most expensive country in South America): 2004-2008 - Programmer at Software Factory - U$ 10.000 / year 2008-2016 - Functional Analyst

Montevideo, Uruguay (most expensive country in South America): 2004-2008 - Programmer at Software Factory - U$ 10.000 / year 2008-2016 - Functional Analyst (developer really) at non-software company - U$ 30.000 2016-2018 - Programmer Analyst (still developer + pm) at U.S. company's outsourcing center - U$ 55.000 Mis-spent a lot of money on an MBA (30k) which didn't bring me any additional income, and didn't save anything after 15 years' career :( Also, over half my salary goes to taxes as I'm on the 2nd highest income bracket. I'm hoping to get way more as a remote worker (and there are ways to get tax breaks that way).