Well... I live in Venezuela. I'm a senior developer, I make 16$/month, here the minimum wage is 5$/month. This economics hell forced me to have another job, nights and weekends. I have 3 jobs and isn't enough to buy our monthly food.
Hi Gregor, I'm sorry for what you're going through. That's clearly not enough, especially due to the insane inflation the country has been having. Is there any chance that things will start improving?
I don't know enough about what's happening down there honestly.
It is difficult, we barely managed and we got used to forgetting about our quality of life. Many people have migrated but we do not give up. There are small opportunities, and I like to have a level of difficulty to improve my skills. Here you can survive with $400 - $500.
oh you can find updated information in english in this web caracaschronicles.com/
I know there are articles in other newspapers, like the washingtonpost newyorktimes and others.
It is difficult, we barely managed and we got used to forgetting about our quality of life. Many people have migrated but we do not give up. There are small opportunities, and I like to have a level of difficulty to improve my skills. Here you can survive with $400 - $500.
I'm sure you thought about it but what about trying to find a remote job? This way you can maybe improve your quality of life a bit and still staying in Venezuela in the meantime. It's not going to be easy to find one, but maybe it's worth it to give it a try. If I'm not mistaken you're also more or less on the same timezone as eastern US, so maybe you can find a remote company based there with which you can collaborate with on the same office time.
Yes, that exactly. My other 2 jobs are remote. In fact it has become very popular to hire outsourcing from Venezuela. They usually pay from 100 to 200, cheap labor depending on the technology. For now I take my vacation to study more, next year I will change to a better job.
Well... I live in Venezuela. I'm a senior developer, I make 16$/month, here the minimum wage is 5$/month. This economics hell forced me to have another job, nights and weekends. I have 3 jobs and isn't enough to buy our monthly food.
Hi Gregor, I'm sorry for what you're going through. That's clearly not enough, especially due to the insane inflation the country has been having. Is there any chance that things will start improving?
I don't know enough about what's happening down there honestly.
It is difficult, we barely managed and we got used to forgetting about our quality of life. Many people have migrated but we do not give up. There are small opportunities, and I like to have a level of difficulty to improve my skills. Here you can survive with $400 - $500.
oh you can find updated information in english in this web caracaschronicles.com/
I know there are articles in other newspapers, like the washingtonpost newyorktimes and others.
I'm sure you thought about it but what about trying to find a remote job? This way you can maybe improve your quality of life a bit and still staying in Venezuela in the meantime. It's not going to be easy to find one, but maybe it's worth it to give it a try. If I'm not mistaken you're also more or less on the same timezone as eastern US, so maybe you can find a remote company based there with which you can collaborate with on the same office time.
Good luck Gregor!
Yes, that exactly. My other 2 jobs are remote. In fact it has become very popular to hire outsourcing from Venezuela. They usually pay from 100 to 200, cheap labor depending on the technology. For now I take my vacation to study more, next year I will change to a better job.
Thank you for worry. There is always a solution
Great attitude Gregor, good luck!