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Re:Senior Google exec opposes remote work, moves to New Zeal... by LAC-Tech on Thursday July 08, 2021 @07:40PM (#27778930)
> They consider a 150K NZD a good salary.

In 2020 when I was looking for a senior dev position, 120k ($83K US) was considered a good salary. Though I didn't have a network or a specialization, which hurt me.

> You can make twice that if you get a job doing similar work remotely for a US company; I used to, and I meet a lot of people who do. Nobody knows how many people are doing this, but it's a lot and growing.

Any tips for how to break into the US market?

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Re:Senior Google exec opposes remote work, moves to New Zeal... by roca on Thursday July 08, 2021 @08:42PM (#27779367)
> Any tips for how to break into the US market?

Most people I know doing this have a network, but there are companies that would probably interview you without a referral. In particular fully-remote companies like Zapier and Gitlab would be good bets. (I don't know if Gitlab pays global salaries, but Zapier definitely does.)

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