ExpatInPoland
5 Jan 2017
Work / I want to live and work in Poland in 3 years. I'm from Québec, Canada. [16]
I have a similar background: PhD in Engineering/Statistics/Physics, some programming experience.
I would recommend to get a job back in Canada especially with a company that has remote workers. Establish yourself for a couple of years, and then convince them to let you work remotely. SF or NYC software engineer entry level, you would make around $100-120,000/year. In Toronto, probably around $80-100,000. At current exchange, $100,000 ~> 421,000 zl (35,000 zl/ month). Which will give you a fairly comfortable living.
Programming jobs here in Poland are paid ridiculously low. From my experience looking for jobs here, I got offers in the 15-20,000 zl neighborhood. While the salaries seem to be increasing a significant amount of time before they reach the level of big tech cities.
I have a similar background: PhD in Engineering/Statistics/Physics, some programming experience.
I would recommend to get a job back in Canada especially with a company that has remote workers. Establish yourself for a couple of years, and then convince them to let you work remotely. SF or NYC software engineer entry level, you would make around $100-120,000/year. In Toronto, probably around $80-100,000. At current exchange, $100,000 ~> 421,000 zl (35,000 zl/ month). Which will give you a fairly comfortable living.
Programming jobs here in Poland are paid ridiculously low. From my experience looking for jobs here, I got offers in the 15-20,000 zl neighborhood. While the salaries seem to be increasing a significant amount of time before they reach the level of big tech cities.