Re:Australia hasn't had a recession for over 25 years
by researcher11 on Friday March 31, 2017 @06:53AM
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I escaped that ponzi scheme 10 years ago and moved to way more affordable San Francisco. It was cheaper then and still is.
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Re:Australia hasn't had a recession for over 25 years
by ionwake on Friday March 31, 2017 @07:18AM
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How are you finding living in sf compared to Sydney ?
Re:Australia hasn't had a recession for over 25 years
by researcher11 on Friday March 31, 2017 @07:38AM
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If I had $10M I'd move back to Sydney. It's a nicer city. I do data science / machine learning and for work there is no comparison, SF is where it is at. I had to leave SF because I wanted to be a contractor and none of the visa options would allow it. I have recently moved on to a cheap tax haven (Boquete Panama) where I work remotely and get paid the same. My margins are so good here that I only have to work 1-2 days a month. I'm quazi retired at 31 and could never go back to normal working. I get to be very picky about what I work on and spend a lot of my time studying things that I'm interested in. I highly recommend this lifestyle to others.
Re:Australia hasn't had a recession for over 25 years
by ionwake on Friday March 31, 2017 @10:14AM
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What site do you use to find your remote contracts? Have you got a portfolio I can look at?
Re:Australia hasn't had a recession for over 25 years
by researcher11 on Friday March 31, 2017 @10:26AM
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It's via friends I made in SF. If you want to do something similar I'd recommend doing a long stint in SF first. Get any job you can and then switch once you know some people. I try to keep anonomous in general so no portfolio.