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You get paid 3 times as much working in the US. You also get treated well rather than as a cost centre which was my experience back in Aus. I'm an Australian d
by AnotherGoodName 8y ago
You get paid 3 times as much working in the US. You also get treated well rather than as a cost centre which was my experience back in Aus.
I'm an Australian developer earning triple that+stocks on top at one of the FAANG. Trump, guns and shitty healthcare don't affect you day to day in the states. The E3 visa for Australians to work in the US is trivial.
The funny thing is that Sydney real estate is comparable to silicon valley despite no one earning anynear as much.
- throwaway98109 8y ago+1 I'm not doing much more different than I was when I left Australia, but went from 130K-ish AUD (inc super+bonus) to 260K-ish USD (inc bonus+stocks) = 370AUD in the last few years. The taxes are significantly lower on these amounts in the US as well (at least in Seattle where there's no income tax).
- thundergolfer 8y agoNot that funny for those of us in Sydney haha.