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I am working from India for the past 3 months instead of my San Francisco office. Nearly every large IT company in India offers benefits at par with Google. Yes

by smg 18y ago

I am working from India for the past 3 months instead of my San Francisco office. Nearly every large IT company in India offers benefits at par with Google. Yes I mean multiple food vendors. Food being served 6 times a day. The salary of an IT professional in India easily puts him among the highest wage earners in India (something similar to how Wall Street traders were a couple of years ago). Chauffeur driven cars, cooks and daily house cleaning services are all easily affordable. The biggest question I have to ask myself is should I return to my studio in SF.

yummyfajitas 18y ago
Food being served 6 times a day. Breakfast, Second Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch, Dinner and Supper? I suppose this confirms the theory that IT workers are all hobbits.
- earl 18y ago
  Says the dude named yummyfajitas -- that's a great username. But seriously, that was my favorite bit of that movie: Pippin: But what about breakfast? Aragorn: You've already had it. Pippin: We've had one, yes. But what about second breakfast? [Aragorn stares at him, then walks off.] Merry: Don't think he knows about second breakfast, Pip. Pippin: What about elevensies? Luncheon? Afternoon tea? Dinner? Supper? He knows about them, doesn't he? Merry: I wouldn't count on it.
  - dmpayton 18y ago
    But seriously, that was my favorite bit of that movie: Please read the books, they're far superior to the movies. Edit: Downvotes, hmmm. Allow me to explain... The LotR movie trilogy, while being excellent movies in and of themselves, do not do the books justice. PJ's interpretation (and subsequent plot hacking) left me wanting more, and not in a good way. Admittedly, that may have more to do with the medium in which the storyline was delivered. Cinema, while more visually appealing than the written word, simply cannot offer the same depth that a book can. I think it's safe to say that in most cases where books are translated to movies, the book remains the better of the two. Anyways, sorry for the offtopic thread.
    - andreyf 18y ago
      I'd love to hear your opinion on immigration and the intra-national tech community, but LotR is way off topic.
ajju 18y ago
I spent 3 months setting up the India operations for the startup I used to work for in 2006. The best part of the experience - Chai (and biscuits) served at my desk. Lunch was served too, but I prefer taking a break for lunch anyway. When you don't have to take a break for caffeine, it does wonders for your productivity.
critic 18y ago
But what are the salaries like: before taxes, after taxes, after rent and chauffeurs? By the way, do you think a typical C++ programmer on Wall St. suddenly changed his lifestyle recently?
iamelgringo 18y ago
The biggest question I have to ask myself is should I return to my studio in SF. Tough question. I just spent 5 days visiting family in Guadalajara, MX, which is a fairly large tech center for Mexico. You can live very well for $30k a year. I had coffee with a software engineer that is building online education for the University of Mex, Guadalajara. They have 7 full degrees that you can get online. That's a bit different than the Central America I grew up in the Contra/Guerrilla filled 80's. It would be easy to make the cultural transition. I don't know that I'd like to move there, but it's certainly an interesting option, isn't it? For the price that I'm paying for rent in Silicon Valley, I could live like a king back where I grew up.Hmmmm...
- jimbokun 18y ago
  I was reading recently that Mexico is effectively engaged in a civil war with narcotics traffickers, and it is not clear which side will win. Do you think this is true, and considering returning to Mexico anyways, or is it just hyperbole?

by smg 18y ago

yummyfajitas 18y ago

Food being served 6 times a day. Breakfast, Second Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch, Dinner and Supper? I suppose this confirms the theory that IT workers are all hobbits.

earl 18y ago
Says the dude named yummyfajitas -- that's a great username. But seriously, that was my favorite bit of that movie: Pippin: But what about breakfast? Aragorn: You've already had it. Pippin: We've had one, yes. But what about second breakfast? [Aragorn stares at him, then walks off.] Merry: Don't think he knows about second breakfast, Pip. Pippin: What about elevensies? Luncheon? Afternoon tea? Dinner? Supper? He knows about them, doesn't he? Merry: I wouldn't count on it.
- dmpayton 18y ago
  But seriously, that was my favorite bit of that movie: Please read the books, they're far superior to the movies. Edit: Downvotes, hmmm. Allow me to explain... The LotR movie trilogy, while being excellent movies in and of themselves, do not do the books justice. PJ's interpretation (and subsequent plot hacking) left me wanting more, and not in a good way. Admittedly, that may have more to do with the medium in which the storyline was delivered. Cinema, while more visually appealing than the written word, simply cannot offer the same depth that a book can. I think it's safe to say that in most cases where books are translated to movies, the book remains the better of the two. Anyways, sorry for the offtopic thread.
  - andreyf 18y ago
    I'd love to hear your opinion on immigration and the intra-national tech community, but LotR is way off topic.

ajju 18y ago

I spent 3 months setting up the India operations for the startup I used to work for in 2006. The best part of the experience - Chai (and biscuits) served at my desk. Lunch was served too, but I prefer taking a break for lunch anyway. When you don't have to take a break for caffeine, it does wonders for your productivity.

critic 18y ago

But what are the salaries like: before taxes, after taxes, after rent and chauffeurs? By the way, do you think a typical C++ programmer on Wall St. suddenly changed his lifestyle recently?

iamelgringo 18y ago

The biggest question I have to ask myself is should I return to my studio in SF. Tough question. I just spent 5 days visiting family in Guadalajara, MX, which is a fairly large tech center for Mexico. You can live very well for $30k a year. I had coffee with a software engineer that is building online education for the University of Mex, Guadalajara. They have 7 full degrees that you can get online. That's a bit different than the Central America I grew up in the Contra/Guerrilla filled 80's. It would be easy to make the cultural transition. I don't know that I'd like to move there, but it's certainly an interesting option, isn't it? For the price that I'm paying for rent in Silicon Valley, I could live like a king back where I grew up.Hmmmm...

jimbokun 18y ago
I was reading recently that Mexico is effectively engaged in a civil war with narcotics traffickers, and it is not clear which side will win. Do you think this is true, and considering returning to Mexico anyways, or is it just hyperbole?