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...So, do they need any American software engineers to work in Mexico who want to spend about four years outside of the United States for reasons that will not
by tombert 2y ago
...So, do they need any American software engineers to work in Mexico who want to spend about four years outside of the United States for reasons that will not be enumerated. Asking for a friend.
- giancarlostoro 2y agoI mean there are plenty of US embassies in Mexico, so not impossible to do.
- speakfreely 2y agoI'm not sure what point you're trying to make. Also, there one US embassy in Mexico, and multiple local consulates.
- electriclove 2y agoOnly if your friend is willing to get paid a local salary ;)
- tombert 2y agoOh he's not going to like that.
- Mr-Frog 2y agoEntry-level total comp at Google Mexico is about 80k USD, which is comparable to 180k in local purchasing power. [Edit] on second glance, my original datapoint for Google was questionable, but it looks like Lyft/Amazon definitely gives offers in the 50k-70k USD range.
- jjmarr 2y agowtf that's barely less than Canada? and significantly more on a purchasing power basis. How do I move to Mexico?
- Mr-Frog 2y agoThis is the absolute top of the top, domestic tech in Mexico pays pretty poorly. Google (as of last year) also let people transfer from high COL to lower COL, reduce their base, but keep the original RSU contract, which will probably skew reported compensation.
- jjmarr 2y agoDomestic tech in Canada also pays significantly less. Entry-level for some banks is like US$50-60k
- wkat4242 2y agoSame here in Spain. You need to be with a multinational. Local companies pay shit.
- FirmwareBurner 2y agoIt's the same in all of Europe. You need to work for international big-tech to make decent money, which is also very competitive in terms of job applications. Domestic SW shops pay shit.
- AlotOfReading 2y agoThat salary is actually below the minimum income for permanent residency (but above the 4 yr temporary residency threshold). If you want to stay beyond 4 years, you'll need to either pony up for a sufficiently expensive house or show $300k usd in a bank account over the past year.
- jjmarr 2y agoCan you give an idea of how much I'd have to spend on a house? And also what I'd get for that money?
- AlotOfReading 2y agoTwice the amount of the bank account, ~$600k USD. Here's a reasonable selection of houses for that price marketed to foreigners: https://www.sothebysrealty.com/eng/sales/mex/price-low-sort/600000-2000000000-price https://www.sothebysrealty.com/eng/sales/mex/price-low-sort/... Mexico's immigration policies are deliberately designed to exclude most people who aren't wealthy retirees and don't have familial ties.
- satvikpendem 2y agoBut that's Google, they'd be hiring the top engineers there. What's the average for an average engineer, half that?
- hombre_fatal 2y agoIf that number is even real, so few people are making it that it's not even worth mentioning. Search "sueldo ingeniero Google Mexico" and you see wages like $30k USD which is already +$10k over the Mexico average for software, so way more realistic.
- almosthere 2y agoWhat is the salary? I bet it's in my range but I'm in the USA.
- speakfreely 2y agoAverage software dev salaries in major Mexican metros are around 30,000 to 45,000 MXN per month. So around $2,000 USD a month.
- suavesito 2y agoWhich is a lot, at least in terms or how much you can buy. Mexico is really cheap, compared to USA.
- kevin_thibedeau 2y agoIt is a hit on your retirement savings if you intend to return to a more expensive country.
- wkat4242 2y agoThe thing with purchasing power is that it doesn't apply to everything. In particular foreign goods. So while low cost of living countries offset their low wages with cheaper housing, food and local services, imported stuff still costs the same and is relatively expensive as a result. Basically in those countries it really sucks to buy a computer, camera, even cars.
- tombert 2y agoI spent two weeks in Juarez a few years ago for my wife's visa stuff. The hotel was pretty cheap, the food was pretty cheap (and delicious!), but I was surprised to see that an Xbox was actually more expensive than it was in NYC. It makes enough sense, Microsoft isn't a charity, they're selling the console at a fairly competitive price already in the US, it's not going going to magically get cheaper just because it crossed a border, but it was still surprising to see that.
- plagiarist 2y agoWhat's the cost of living and healthcare like?
- xyst 2y agoYou might not return after a 4 yr extended stay, to be honest. Or NFLX ends up going bottom of the barrel contractors to replace
- zitterbewegung 2y agoIt doesn’t look like this is a software engineering play but instead they want to make more content instead in Mexico .
- yieldcrv 2y agoThere’s about to be drone strikes out there so thats a no for me dawg Maybe Roma Norte will be cool but thats it
- theultdev 2y ago[flagged]
- ceejayoz 2y agoDo you really think we didn’t hit civilians during Trump’s presidency? He did loads more drone strikes than Obama. We just stopped counting the civilians. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47480207.amp https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47480207.amp > During Mr Obama's eight years in office, 1,878 drone strikes were carried out, according to researchers. Since Mr Trump was elected in 2016, there have been 2,243 drone strikes. The Republican president has also made some of the operations, the ones outside of war zones, more secretive. As a result, things have different today: under Mr Trump, there are more drone strikes - and less transparency.
- theultdev 2y agoIt matters what you hit, not how much. Note how you didn't have any specific events of Trump hitting civilians to cite. https://www.hrw.org/report/2014/02/19/wedding-became-funeral/us-drone-attack-marriage-procession-yemen https://www.hrw.org/report/2014/02/19/wedding-became-funeral...
- ceejayoz 2y agoIt does, indeed. https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-afghanistan-airstrikes-increased-civilian-deaths-by-330-since-2016-2020-12 https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-afghanistan-airstrikes... > Civilian deaths skyrocketed in Afghanistan under President Donald Trump, whose administration relaxed the rules of engagement for airstrikes in 2017, according to a new study from the Costs of War Project at Brown University. > Airstrikes killed 700 civilians in Afghanistan in 2019 alone, more than any other year since the early days of the war in 2002, according to the study. "There were more weapons dropped from the air in 2018 and 2019 than at the height of US presence in Afghanistan in 2011," the report stated.
- aboardRat4 2y ago[flagged]
- IncreasePosts 2y agoPretty sure if women find you gross in America, they will find you gross in Mexico.
- aboardRat4 2y agoMaybe, but I don't live in the USA and have no idea whether women there find me gross.
- IncreasePosts 2y agoPretty sure if women find you gross in the country you live in, they will find you gross in Mexico
- speakfreely 2y agoIf you're upset about the deterioration of rule of law under Trump, I have some bad news for you about Mexico.
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- WheatMillington 2y agoAah yes the treasured American pastime of pretending you're going to leave when the Other Team wins the presidency.
- tombert 2y agoMy wife is a Mexican immigrant. I was joking a bit, but not completely, I do have to think about the possibility that this stupid administration decides to ramp up their deportation efforts even more.
- imperial_march 2y ago[dead]