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Our IT market is absolutely starving for people. The problem is, local companies don't pay very much. They consider a 150K NZD a good salary. You can make twic
by roca 5y ago
Our IT market is absolutely starving for people. The problem is, local companies don't pay very much. They consider a 150K NZD a good salary.
You can make twice that if you get a job doing similar work remotely for a US company; I used to, and I meet a lot of people who do. Nobody knows how many people are doing this, but it's a lot and growing.
I think our local companies might not realize they're competing in a global labour market now and need to pay accordingly.
- LAC-Tech 5y ago> They consider a 150K NZD a good salary. In 2020 when I was looking for a senior dev position, 120k ($83K US) was considered a good salary. Though I didn't have a network or a specialization, which hurt me. > You can make twice that if you get a job doing similar work remotely for a US company; I used to, and I meet a lot of people who do. Nobody knows how many people are doing this, but it's a lot and growing. Any tips for how to break into the US market?
- roca 5y ago> Any tips for how to break into the US market? Most people I know doing this have a network, but there are companies that would probably interview you without a referral. In particular fully-remote companies like Zapier and Gitlab would be good bets. (I don't know if Gitlab pays global salaries, but Zapier definitely does.)