Re:Ask HN: What is it like working in tech internationally?
by ilaksh on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @08:14PM
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I have lived in Mexico for about three years. I'm sure its not as fabulous as what you were imagining. But it is affordable for me working on startup 'wages' (contracting income from individually funded 'startups').
First I lived in a little shack in front of someone's house for $700 on AirBnb for like two weeks. Then I moved to a place right on the beach but a very loud and touristy area for $800 per month.
Then I moved to a bigger apartment in a normal less loud beach area for $550 a month.
Now about six months ago I am in a little apartment at the edge of a mansion in a gated community in Ensenada. Only paying $450. The annoying thing is last two months there has been some major remodeling upstairs.
Honestly I have been working mostly from home for like ten years. I rarely go out. The closest thing to socializing for me is usually Eleven Table Tennis in VR or sometimes Demeo. Spend way too much time on YouTube.
In TJ there was a big issue with water being turned off over the whole city sometimes. The place I am in now further south has a very large backup water tank so that hasn't impacted me recently except that I was conserving water a bit more.
I mostly just order food or groceries on Rappi or Uber Eats.
For someone who is kind of a hermit like me, things haven't changed a ton. And in this area many people speak some English so that hasn't been a huge deal. Although I have got lots of practice for my awful Spanish with Uber drivers etc.
First I lived in a little shack in front of someone's house for $700 on AirBnb for like two weeks. Then I moved to a place right on the beach but a very loud and touristy area for $800 per month.
Then I moved to a bigger apartment in a normal less loud beach area for $550 a month.
Now about six months ago I am in a little apartment at the edge of a mansion in a gated community in Ensenada. Only paying $450. The annoying thing is last two months there has been some major remodeling upstairs.
Honestly I have been working mostly from home for like ten years. I rarely go out. The closest thing to socializing for me is usually Eleven Table Tennis in VR or sometimes Demeo. Spend way too much time on YouTube.
In TJ there was a big issue with water being turned off over the whole city sometimes. The place I am in now further south has a very large backup water tank so that hasn't impacted me recently except that I was conserving water a bit more.
I mostly just order food or groceries on Rappi or Uber Eats.
For someone who is kind of a hermit like me, things haven't changed a ton. And in this area many people speak some English so that hasn't been a huge deal. Although I have got lots of practice for my awful Spanish with Uber drivers etc.