Is developer compensation becoming bimodal?

Re:Is developer compensation becoming bimodal? by lmm on Friday February 09, 2018 @12:13PM (#16341928)

> It's almost impossible to immigrate to England (much harder than the US), yet programmers in SF are far better compensated than those in London.

Immigration per se may be hard, but working is much easier than the US; I know several Romanians working as programmers in London.

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Re:Is developer compensation becoming bimodal? by Symbiote on Friday February 09, 2018 @01:28PM (#16342613)

Immigrating to the UK from Romania (or the rest of the EU) is extremely easy.

1) Move there. You can do this even without a job.

2) Book an appointment with the Job Centre (usually used by people seeking work), where you must show your passport.

(Start work if you like. Your employer may ask to see your passport, if you don't yet have the tax number.)

3) Tax number arrives a week or a few later; tell employer.

The process is actually the same for British citizens without a tax number, e.g. a child born abroad who moves "home" to the UK.

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