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If you gave Gitlab a PO Box address in the Bay Area as your address, wouldn't they have to pay you Bay Area salaries without you paying Bay Area rent? If not a

If you gave Gitlab a PO Box address in the Bay Area as your address, wouldn't they have to pay you Bay Area salaries without you paying Bay Area rent? If not a PO Box, some other proxy by which you aren't genuinely living there. Maybe just a short-term roommate lease situation?

vanattab 8y ago
If you lie to your company saying you live in SF when you live in Asia your going to have a hard time explaining why your never available during the middle of the day, what are you going to do when your asked to travel to somewhere in the continental US and you try and submit a travel expense for a flight from asia, etc...
- throw-remote1 8y ago
  Throw away account, believe it or not, I've been doing exactly that for the past 3 years - operating a consulting business out of the Bay Area (virtual office) while actually living in Thailand/India/Kenya, etc. I'm always available and working till 7pm PST no matter where I am (Google Fi/Google Voice numbers). It's actually pretty easy to pull off. It's almost a no brainer to me. If I can charge 3-4x more for the same skills that I have, why not. I'm not gonna take a huge pay cut just because my location changed. And there's almost no explaining involved. At times when you can't go somewhere physically, sometimes you can tell your clients you're traveling this month. If something is important, you can take a flight. The amount that you're saving, the flight costs are negligible.
  - csomar 8y ago
    How can I reach you? I have a few questions. (ps. you can reach me i have my email in my profile. Thank you).
  - beatgammit 8y ago
    I've been thinking of doing something similar, but I need to build up a client base first. Did you build that up before you left, or did you do it while remote? Also, do you have any tips for building up a client base?
- beatgammit 8y ago
  Then don't submit a travel expense for a flight from Asia? In fact, if you're working remote, you should probably pay your own way for travel if it's not a core part of your job, and if it is, you should probably live somewhere convenient for traveling to the places you typically go. Also, what happens to a full-time remote worker who decides to move? If they tell their employer that they moved from SF to somewhere far cheaper, should that employer dock their pay? What if they're just temporarily moving (e.g. living abroad for a year, but returning afterward)? If you're going to work remote, it may make sense to rent for a month or so in SF to be present for interviews and then move back to wherever you want to live, which would essentially mean you "live" in SF for that period, so it wouldn't be lying.
- Novashi 8y ago
  Tell them you have multiple residences and declare one as your primary. I know that shit works because rich people do it for taxes all the time.

vanattab 8y ago

If you lie to your company saying you live in SF when you live in Asia your going to have a hard time explaining why your never available during the middle of the day, what are you going to do when your asked to travel to somewhere in the continental US and you try and submit a travel expense for a flight from asia, etc...

throw-remote1 8y ago
Throw away account, believe it or not, I've been doing exactly that for the past 3 years - operating a consulting business out of the Bay Area (virtual office) while actually living in Thailand/India/Kenya, etc. I'm always available and working till 7pm PST no matter where I am (Google Fi/Google Voice numbers). It's actually pretty easy to pull off. It's almost a no brainer to me. If I can charge 3-4x more for the same skills that I have, why not. I'm not gonna take a huge pay cut just because my location changed. And there's almost no explaining involved. At times when you can't go somewhere physically, sometimes you can tell your clients you're traveling this month. If something is important, you can take a flight. The amount that you're saving, the flight costs are negligible.
- csomar 8y ago
  How can I reach you? I have a few questions. (ps. you can reach me i have my email in my profile. Thank you).
- beatgammit 8y ago
  I've been thinking of doing something similar, but I need to build up a client base first. Did you build that up before you left, or did you do it while remote? Also, do you have any tips for building up a client base?
beatgammit 8y ago
Then don't submit a travel expense for a flight from Asia? In fact, if you're working remote, you should probably pay your own way for travel if it's not a core part of your job, and if it is, you should probably live somewhere convenient for traveling to the places you typically go. Also, what happens to a full-time remote worker who decides to move? If they tell their employer that they moved from SF to somewhere far cheaper, should that employer dock their pay? What if they're just temporarily moving (e.g. living abroad for a year, but returning afterward)? If you're going to work remote, it may make sense to rent for a month or so in SF to be present for interviews and then move back to wherever you want to live, which would essentially mean you "live" in SF for that period, so it wouldn't be lying.
Novashi 8y ago
Tell them you have multiple residences and declare one as your primary. I know that shit works because rich people do it for taxes all the time.