Software engineers living in the UK 🇬🇧

Do you sometimes wish to migrate to the USA 🇺🇸 ?

I'm not British but why would anyone *want* to live in the united states?

I kinda prefer having healthcare. YMMV

@LotsOfCaffeine No@theKarlisK
Not at all, it was just a thought…

I see many US based SE jobs with much higher pay. That’s why

Why would i voluntarily live in a 3rd world country?

I am a software engineer in Malaysia. Planning to migrate to UK instead. But why USA?

@thebiochemic yo bro 😂

no

@LotsOfCaffeine absurdly high salaries is the only reason. If you can get them. I saved cash for 2 years but living there was too shitty so I noped the fuck out earlier than expected.

@ars1 Was it just the part you lived in that was shitty or every where?

@gymnasium higher pay doesn't mean more quality of life.

@KDSBest absolutely agree 💯

That was asked recently. It went as you'd expect :D

https://devrant.com/rants/5491329/...

Planning to move to the US from London. To Austin.

@gymnasium I've lived in Texas and California, hated both. I've traveled to around 10 other states as well. Nature is awesome and worth a visit, but fuck living there.

@theKarlisK what’s tax like in the UK?

@Zer0day what’s the major factor for this if you don’t mind sharing

@gymnasium Corporate tax.

@theKarlisK I owe you a lollipop. That is pretty much why I am heading to the US soon.

I think people misunderstand a bit. Taxes and healthcare really shouldn't be something that scares you away. The fact that public safety is a total shit show in many major cities is a much better reason to be concerned. That doesn't mean it's particularly dangerous anywhere else, though.

If the politics get you down, just remember the US is a big place and it's not like everyone is one way or the other everywhere. And like anywhere else, just because the media makes a big deal about it doesn't mean most people are that fanatical.