I live in a developing country. Migrating isn’t really an option. I’m educated but I don’t have contacts anywhere. I see American “expats” who live comfortably abroad by working remotely. What jobs are there? Is it just programming and art design? How realistic is it to start a career in programming? I have an engineering background, just not in software. I actually enjoyed the little programming I’ve done with stepper motors and actuators. Wonder if none like that exist online as opposed to web design (not that I would refuse web design of that is the only thing out there)
Sorry if the post is all over the place, I’m just giving info to see if anything rings a bell.
PSA. I have tried applying locally but can’t get a reply anywhere despite having good grades and a couple internships.
- Be careful when searching for such jobs online. Many offers are actually scams.
1a. If they’re asking for money in advance (usually under a pretext of guarantees) - it’s a scam.
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Pretty sure those USian expats are technically breaking the law, as they do not pay local taxes. Keep that in mind
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Many IT companies nowadays (at least in Russia, but I suspect it’s a general practice) don’t employ programmers as staff, instead they insist the programmer registers as self-employed/individual enterpreneur and then sign a contract with that legal entity.
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Good luck
If you mean they are breaking US law, than I think otherwise. After all, as long as you have a US citizenship you have to pay tax regardless of where you live (abroad or otherwise). If you mean the laws of Shrimpy’s home country, than I have significantly less knowledge regarding that.
- I’m assuming you are Russian but anyways, any tips to get into online IT?
Thank you so much for taking the time to reply.
No problem. And yeah, I am indeed a Russian citizen, but I couldn’t quite give you any more useful advice for online IT, sorry. Never gotten into it myself, only ever worked locally
the best way to make money on the internet is to pretend to be an attractive woman and trick elderly white men into giving you lots of money.
If you see 'mericans working overseas…if they’re doing it legally they have a visa or they’re sponsored by a company that takes care of all of the paperwork for them. When you do that, you don’t typically stay for a long time.
Besides that, if you are a contractor or work in some industry where you can work remote, arrangements can be made should you decide to move to another country.
