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Go to Portugal. Great weather with amazing beaches and country side, low cost of living and lot's of engineers that can speak fluent English. Also the governmen

Go to Portugal. Great weather with amazing beaches and country side, low cost of living and lot's of engineers that can speak fluent English. Also the government has subsidies for tech companies, specially in the IT sector. Spain is ok as well, but I find that people there have a hard time with English and like to party a bit too much. And the comments about London are true. It is very expensive to live here and the quality of life is appalling. Many people who start out in sexy industries ( games, web, etc... ) gravitate to finance because they can't afford to live an adult life here on the wages of those industries.

fun2have 16y ago
Come and join us. Read our post about opening our R&D office in Portugal. http://blog.webnographer.com/2010/10/an-rd-office-in-lisbon/ http://blog.webnographer.com/2010/10/an-rd-office-in-lisbon/ Portugal salaries maybe lower but if you have not lived in Portugal for 10 years you can apply for non-habitual status which means you pay a flat rate of tax of just 20%! Also you have the sun!
- yalforreca 16y ago
  I left Lisbon around 7 years ago and moved to Barcelona for games programming gig. Moved to London 3 years ago and life has become less flexible so moving back to Lisbon is just a wish for now. But I do think about it a lot. The quality of life is just great. Miss the Ocean. I know some great people there if you need some references.
  - fun2have 16y ago
    As you have lived out of Portugal for more than 5 years you would probably qualify for the non habitual tax status, which means you would only pay 20% income tax if you moved back here. You would definitely get a standard of living boost. http://www.allbusiness.com/legal/tax-law-tax-treaties-agreements/13340855-1.html http://www.allbusiness.com/legal/tax-law-tax-treaties-agreem... The more contacts I have the better so yes please get in touch.
jcoen 16y ago
Actually I've worked both in Portugal and Spain, and I find the latter better than the former in many aspects. Never had a problem with English and Spaniards never struck me as party animals, at least no more than elsewhere.

fun2have 16y ago

Come and join us. Read our post about opening our R&D office in Portugal. http://blog.webnographer.com/2010/10/an-rd-office-in-lisbon/ http://blog.webnographer.com/2010/10/an-rd-office-in-lisbon/ Portugal salaries maybe lower but if you have not lived in Portugal for 10 years you can apply for non-habitual status which means you pay a flat rate of tax of just 20%! Also you have the sun!

yalforreca 16y ago
I left Lisbon around 7 years ago and moved to Barcelona for games programming gig. Moved to London 3 years ago and life has become less flexible so moving back to Lisbon is just a wish for now. But I do think about it a lot. The quality of life is just great. Miss the Ocean. I know some great people there if you need some references.
- fun2have 16y ago
  As you have lived out of Portugal for more than 5 years you would probably qualify for the non habitual tax status, which means you would only pay 20% income tax if you moved back here. You would definitely get a standard of living boost. http://www.allbusiness.com/legal/tax-law-tax-treaties-agreements/13340855-1.html http://www.allbusiness.com/legal/tax-law-tax-treaties-agreem... The more contacts I have the better so yes please get in touch.

jcoen 16y ago

Actually I've worked both in Portugal and Spain, and I find the latter better than the former in many aspects. Never had a problem with English and Spaniards never struck me as party animals, at least no more than elsewhere.