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Comment by madiathomas | Hacker News Reader

Silicon Valley. High pay compared to where I stay. Companies based at Silicon Valley are working on interesting products. Developers in South Africa with University degree and 10 years experience and higher, earn less than $100k per annum. No startups working on interesting products here in SA also. You are stuck with big banks if you want to make money.

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my $0.02 on this is you can work in SV for 6-12 mo, then if you play your cards right, you can transition into a remote role with your current employer. Myself and other friends have done this resulting in 6-fig salary anywhere we want to live.

Could you please elaborate a little on "play your cards right"?

Be a good employee. Be valued. Be demonstrably more productive when you work from home. Etc

this ^. to add: Identifying a good company is also key. I work for a small startup and am currently the only senior backend developer. I think being 20% of the company and 100% of the backend helped my situation.

If you got a job at a large tech company, I suspect many wouldn't be as flexible. If you want to work for a large tech company, I would find out if they have any current remote workers.

That sounds like a very good plan. You get a Silicon Valley pay but a cheaper cost of living.

Any leads on how to land a job in SV? (for non US citizens).

Hacker news job posts would be a good place to start.

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