Career advice

Hellm0

Hello all,
I'm a software engineer/web developer with nearly 2 years industry experiance and two medium college level degree's in Software engineering and Programming in general, I'm quite young(less than 25) so I'm thinking of moving out of the country, was just wondering if anyone might have an idea as to the salaries/job prospects for someone with my experiance(mainly in .net development and C based languages, alot of database experiance with SQL / MYSQL, the list goes on...) in other countries.
I'de specifically be interested in the US or Australia, though if anyone has any info on other countries that would be good I'de be more than interested to hear about it.
Thanks in advance!

Kernel32

Around New England here in the states you could probably make $50k maybe more in the Boston metro area.

DublinWriter

Well, the US won't be an option for you as you'll have a hard time finding an employer willing to stump up $4K to get a lawyer to process your green card.

Canada is a far easier country to be allowed live and work in.

The money tends to be best in South East England, but Oz is a better lifestyle choice.

Hellm0

I've got alot of family in the US who are already working on the greencard side of things, I'm not too worried about that.

DublinWriter

Hellm0 wrote:

I've got alot of family in the US who are already working on the greencard side of things, I'm not too worried about that.

How will they get a greencard for you?

Hellm0

My cousins a lawyer over there, but I beleive its my father whos doing the applying part. Either way I feel pretty secure that I'll get one.

DublinWriter

Hellm0 wrote:

My cousins a lawyer over there, but I beleive its my father whos doing the applying part. Either way I feel pretty secure that I'll get one.

I presume they're applying for a H1B, so technically you'll be working for your father who's in the states?

Hellm0

I acually havnt a clue of the details, I just know that some form of application was sent in by my father last night.
(although my father doesnt work in IT, nor does he own his own company so the method you mention above doesnt seem likely. that said if that turns out to be the only way for this to happen my uncle does own a business so I could indeed go down that route).

god9

yea it's not a simple as that. the other poster is right - you could expect 50-60k in the states but getting a sponsor is the tough part. No reputable company will employee you without a proper H1B or Visa.

Kernel32

If the OP has close family in the states then they can do a family sponsorship. It simply becomes a matter of paperwork, time and proof that his family can support him if he is not working because the government won't give him a dime. It has nothing to do with having work sponsorship.

Hellm0

Well thats a releif, cheers Kernel. I'm happy about the salary part also, any ideas as to the salary one might expect in the chicago/illinois area's?