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Re:Estonia's E-Residency Program Is Growing Faster Than Pred... by 3pt14159 on Sunday October 18, 2015 @07:24AM (#10407906)
Why is this considered hard? A date flexible return flight from Toronto is $935 ($725 USD). Compared to what a developer can make in really any Western country, I don't really see what the issue is.
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Re:Estonia's E-Residency Program Is Growing Faster Than Pred... by icebraining on Sunday October 18, 2015 @07:33AM (#10407932)
Compared to what a developer can make in really any Western country.

In my Western European country, we make less than $20k/y on average, so that is kind of high (~ 2 months' rent) for developers on the lower end of the scale.

I'm not arguing against you, just pointing out that salaries for devs are very variable even in the Western countries.

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Re:Estonia's E-Residency Program Is Growing Faster Than Pred... by moonchrome on Sunday October 18, 2015 @09:23AM (#10408160)
>In my Western European country

He quoted you a price from Toronto. You can probably find Ryan air for under 200€ roundtrip - bigger problem will be that you'll probably spend 2 days on it.

Also 20k $/year as a developer ?! You earn more in Eastern Europe unless you're a PHP "developer" or something like that.

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Re:Estonia's E-Residency Program Is Growing Faster Than Pred... by MortenK on Sunday October 18, 2015 @08:43AM (#10408073)
What country are you in?
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Re:Estonia's E-Residency Program Is Growing Faster Than Pred... by icebraining on Sunday October 18, 2015 @10:44AM (#10408349)
Portugal.
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Re:Estonia's E-Residency Program Is Growing Faster Than Pred... by SyneRyder on Sunday October 18, 2015 @10:23AM (#10408290)
In the Nomad Forum where Estonia is currently giving an AMA, they mentioned that many of the applicants are coming from India & Malaysia, where the cost of a flight would be a much bigger deal.

https://nomadforum.io/t/i-m-kaspar-director-of-estonia-s-e-r...

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