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I lived in Shanghai and worked at a startup for a year after college. The startup expat and startup local communities are surprisingly developed. There are a l
by rememberlenny 12y ago
I lived in Shanghai and worked at a startup for a year after college. The startup expat and startup local communities are surprisingly developed.
There are a lot of co-working spaces, hacker spaces, and start up events. For anyone interested in China, you can live in Shanghai without speaking Mandarin.
Western training in programing, design and product is highly valued. Salary offerings are lower by a factor of 10. Regardless, its easy to live and identify alternative income sources.
I'd love to answer any questions for people interested in the Chinese startup space.
- mattste 12y agoI'd love to see you expand more on alternative income sources. Are you referencing freelancing jobs that pay American (or equivalent) wages? I lived in Shanghai for a period and would love to move back there, but I'm worried about salary.
- rememberlenny 12y agoExactly. I did oDesk work at 20$ an hour, approached a number of expat entrepreneurs/business people, and eventually started working at Converse Asia Pacific as an agency manager. The opportunities are pretty rich if you know how to find them.
- samtp 12y agoThey've also started to block Gmail and seriously block most VPNs. A good number of expats are looking into leaving recently because of the recent restrictions.
- rememberlenny 12y agoDelayed response-- That was always the case. Even when I got there, there were "expats looking to leave". Because theres such a heavy influx of people coming in, it doesnt matter.
- akfanta 12y ago"Salary offerings are lower by a factor of 10", compared to where? A decent freshly graduated developer in Shanghai can easily make 1.5-2k USD a month. Where you do get 10 times more than that?
- rememberlenny 12y agoA recently graduated developer in NY or SF can make 110-160k a year.