Oddbean new post about login | logout It’s not that easy for me, but its definitely tempting to just leave. Good to hear you got out 😊
yeah for me it was 12 years trying to start a business and just having so many obstructions to being able to become viable
Boy I hate to see that...having your own business is really one of the best ways to achieve success. I'd normally say "move to the US" but given our current government, I'm not sure that's really an answer--we're headed down the same road. Maybe another country? El Salvador? Seriously--time to get out...no country is worth losing your spirit of ambition and achievement...
i hope to go to the midwest, up in the mountains, and just stay off the radar, i mean it can't be that hard right? with millions of losers being shipped in across the southern border i'm doing ok here in the edge of the EU in this same way... it's a lot harder for them to enforce it in such rugged terrain and relatively sparse population... customs is a killer though, absolute nightmare and extremely high import duties
Well, I'd consider doing it legally...(which can be a pain)...if you're here illegally you'll likely run into trouble trying to start your own business...(if you want to work as an unskilled laborer under the table you'll probably be fine, but I suspect that's not your plan 😃 )
Did you make it after you moved out?
in australia i tried thousands of times to get jobs and crickets in Bulgaria before 2 weeks of trying i'm doing my first training shift to be fair, western europe sucks too, it was only in the balkans that i found things more reasonable... so-called "corrupt" countries lol
these days i mostly work remotely, and try to avoid getting into arrangements involving taxation... current main paid gig i don't have any binds to the local authorities and i get paid in sats, company is based in USA, so i guess they might be paying the IRS on my behalf i had to do some registration rigmerole for a job back in 2021 and that shit turned into a huge waste of time and zero tax back for my actual business expenses
It’s not so easy to just pick up and leave when you have a well-paying job, a home, and a family with school and friends rooted where we live now. I really admire those who take that leap—all respect to them. But I’ll have to wait until the kids are older before we can make that move. For now, I’m keeping my Bitcoin in cold storage, ready for the day when it’s finally possible for us to go.
being childless in middle age is nothing to envy, nor is my plague of health the only thing that is going right for me is i'm good enough at programming to be able to get work and deliver on the spec if i get lucky enough to find a wife where i go next, then, well, ok, but i played a long game and didn't have fun getting there the one thing that i am very grateful for is to not be stuck in a position where i have to figure out how to not have the state brainwash my children, that really disturbs me... i had a really bad time at school and i wouldn't wish that on my own children, and it's worse now than it was then