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The main export of Costa Rica now are services, several of the largest tech companies in the world are in Costa Rica (Intel, Amazon, Microsoft, HP, Dell, IBM, O
by exciliado 4y ago
The main export of Costa Rica now are services, several of the largest tech companies in the world are in Costa Rica (Intel, Amazon, Microsoft, HP, Dell, IBM, Oracle, etc...) and there are hundreds of software and web development companies, so when the article talks about it's hard to find talent in Latin America, I don't know WTH it's talking about.
- alephnerd 4y agoI think VMWare played a massive role in building the talent scene in Costa Rica. I've heard down the grapevine that an average dev's salary in Costa Rica would be significantly higher than in MX, though CDMX and Monterrey supposedly trounces San José as a city.
- blahblah1234567 4y agoWow. You're right. I didn't believe services are Costa Rica's largest export, had to look it up. In retrospect, it makes sense: English is widely spoken in Costa Rica. And along with Chile, it has the highest rate of human development in Latin America. "In 2019, Costa Rica exported $9.38B worth of services." "The top exports of Costa Rica are Medical Instruments ($3.27B), Bananas ($1.28B), Tropical Fruits ($1.03B), Integrated Circuits ($1.02B), and Orthopedic Appliances ($850M)," https://oec.world/en/profile/country/cri https://oec.world/en/profile/country/cri