2) Countries which hate America (eg: Middle East, France and most of Europe, Brazil, even Canada....). They dont want you, and will make your life miserable.
You can definitely leave Brazil off that list. The people here are extremely friendly, even to foolish gringos like myself. Yes, that's right! I'm a living, breathing American who has outsourced himself to Brazil! And I must say, it's going very well. I'm working as a Java architect for a small American technology company, and loving it.
Taxes, or at least income taxes, are relatively low (27%), especially if you work as an independent consultant (~11%). On the other hand, sales and VAT-like taxes are so high, that prices for imports (which is anything high-tech, or just tech) are doubled... and the fact that your money is worth only half makes it absurd.
All in all, I'd say that I'm just a little worse off here financially than I was in the states. But I did it all wrong - I moved here first, and then got a job. The real trick is to get a job in the states, then convince them to send you here with an "international compensation package"!
Anyway, no complaints here - Rio is all the compensation I need.
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You can definitely leave Brazil off that list. The people here are extremely friendly, even to foolish gringos like myself. Yes, that's right! I'm a living, breathing American who has outsourced himself to Brazil! And I must say, it's going very well. I'm working as a Java architect for a small American technology company, and loving it.
Taxes, or at least income taxes, are relatively low (27%), especially if you work as an independent consultant (~11%). On the other hand, sales and VAT-like taxes are so high, that prices for imports (which is anything high-tech, or just tech) are doubled... and the fact that your money is worth only half makes it absurd.
All in all, I'd say that I'm just a little worse off here financially than I was in the states. But I did it all wrong - I moved here first, and then got a job. The real trick is to get a job in the states, then convince them to send you here with an "international compensation package"!
Anyway, no complaints here - Rio is all the compensation I need.