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Are high paying international remote jobs possible? (alien.top)

submitted 9 months ago by Agreeable-Emu-7388@alien.top to c/digitalnomad@expats.zone

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I noticed a lot of digital nomads have to take a pay cut or have money saved up. Is it even possible to be a US citizen and have a remote job with good pay? I say this because if I want to live in a foreign country for say 3-6 months and then return back the US I don't want to be making only 30k a year.

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[–] cstst@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Yes it is possible, just harder to find. I have worked for two US based companies while abroad, making six figures.

[–] Faora_Ul@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

How did you find those jobs?

[–] Delicious-Treacle135@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

lol yes please share

[–] cstst@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

I taught myself how to code, worked in a non-remote job for a year and a half, then found a remote job through an online job board.

[–] SorryIfIDissedYou@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I currently make over 150K/year full remote, international included, but in my case I started at a third of that, at the same company, non-remote, and worked extremely hard for a few years before asking to go remote.

[–] cstst@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

I tried that approach with the first company I worked at. They eventually gave me permission to work from any country that they had an office in (large western European countries, Japan, Australia, US) but I wanted more freedom so I took a new job with a slight pay cut that let me work anywhere. I built up my salary within that company over a couple years, then changed jobs, getting a significant raise in the process.