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Re:Ask HN: Is it worth it to move to London as a SWE? by woutr_be on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @09:24AM (#21991680)
If you don't mind me asking, why would you want to move to London? Are you looking for more opportunities, or a better salary?

As someone who's living and working in HK as a SWE, you can definitely get a much better salary here in HK if you're fairly experienced. Carreer opportunities are limited tho, because none of the FAANG companies have engineering offices here.

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Re:Ask HN: Is it worth it to move to London as a SWE? by longsangstan on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @09:53AM (#21991921)
Basically I just want to go somewhere to start fresh... not really career prospect/salary motivated.

London looks a good option to me because its english-speaking, I have relatives living there, I can work there visa-free (now its complicated due to brexit), and I love english football haha.

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Re:Ask HN: Is it worth it to move to London as a SWE? by woutr_be on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @09:59AM (#21991969)
That makes sense, gotta go for what makes you happy.
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Re:Ask HN: Is it worth it to move to London as a SWE? by hiyer on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @09:45AM (#21991852)
Facebook has an engineering office in London.
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Re:Ask HN: Is it worth it to move to London as a SWE? by woutr_be on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @09:58AM (#21991961)
Why say so, I never claimed they didn't. I said Hong Kong doesn't have engineering offices for FAANG companies.
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