If you’re a Spanish speaking immigrant it’s a good place to get your foot in the door. My parents moved there when I was a kid and it’s where I went to middle and high school. I left for college and haven’t returned as there aren’t opportunities that make sense for me (tech).
If you’re an investor looking to tap into underrated talent it could make sense. But if you’re a software developer?
What type of work do you do? How old are you and how far along are you in your career? Are you allocating capital or investing? Are you an IC?
Perhaps if you’re targeting work in tourism and hospitality, when I’ve explored the options as a software professional it hasn’t looked good.
Perhaps things have changed, but after I finished college I considered starting my tech career there 10 years ago and found that the region has never diversified its economy beyond tourism.
A Latin American friend of mine, recent Comp Sci PhD from top US school, just spent a few months trying to find good work based in Miami. He did a few remote jobs with Silicon Valley companies and ultimately moved to Seattle for a job there. This is someone with family in Miami and every desire to live there.
It can be helpful to think about what your n+1 move might look like. You don’t want to be trapped in a place with few or limited opportunities. It’s a place that offers opportunities for people who are new to the US… and for investors or retirees looking for lower taxes… maybe that’s you maybe it’s not.
If you’re closer to retirement and can land a job paying SV salary in Florida, it could be a great quality of life.
And let’s not mention the political climate there.
If you’re an investor looking to tap into underrated talent it could make sense. But if you’re a software developer?
What type of work do you do? How old are you and how far along are you in your career? Are you allocating capital or investing? Are you an IC?
Perhaps if you’re targeting work in tourism and hospitality, when I’ve explored the options as a software professional it hasn’t looked good.
Perhaps things have changed, but after I finished college I considered starting my tech career there 10 years ago and found that the region has never diversified its economy beyond tourism.
A Latin American friend of mine, recent Comp Sci PhD from top US school, just spent a few months trying to find good work based in Miami. He did a few remote jobs with Silicon Valley companies and ultimately moved to Seattle for a job there. This is someone with family in Miami and every desire to live there.
It can be helpful to think about what your n+1 move might look like. You don’t want to be trapped in a place with few or limited opportunities. It’s a place that offers opportunities for people who are new to the US… and for investors or retirees looking for lower taxes… maybe that’s you maybe it’s not.
If you’re closer to retirement and can land a job paying SV salary in Florida, it could be a great quality of life.
And let’s not mention the political climate there.