Might be moving to Europe
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- Jordy0
So first things first:
1. How did you get the money?
2. Show us the portfolio. NOW. (please)- See my notes further up in the thread.Jordy
- Your shop is looking for folk again, Jordy?Continuity
- i dont want to show my work, as i dont want any of my shenanigans here to be linked to my 'professional' name.iCanHasQBN
- but i've been at a nice boutique design agency for 4 years now as the design lead. clients are national and theiCanHasQBN
- work is solid. sorry so vague.iCanHasQBN
- babaganush0
that equates to about £160,000. Given that say London's average salary may be £37,000 on which you can exist comfortably, I think you should feel VERY comfortable in the fact that you can live for 4 and a half years without working on those figures...come on...
- 4 years on he'll be looking to spend the next 30 years paying his £250K mortgage...raf
- ESKEMA0
If you decide to come to Portugal, you can pretty much retire and do whatever you want for 5-10 years.
average salary p/year (20k€)- find a nice village in Alentejo
http://en.wikipedia.…Stugoo
- find a nice village in Alentejo
- clearThoughts0
Just don't come to London.
You will like it at first, but in the long term... your life will be kind of shit, and you will spend all that money on overpriced coke and pints of beer that will make you fat.Just saying...
- no london for me. to me it's like the european version of america. not euro enough for me lol.iCanHasQBN
- DaveO0
Is this just a massive way of bragging to loads of skint online people that you have a quarter million bucks in the bank?
Berlin rules. Go there.
- yeah - you'd probably survive 10 years with that amount of cash...clearThoughts
- I'm utterly skint but, hey, if a brother makes it in Amsterdam, I do what I can to help. :)Continuity
- no. i just needed an international perspective, and i know there are a lot of people here from all over.iCanHasQBN
- ...plus the design industry perspective helps.iCanHasQBN
- toodee0
250k? Did you enter one of those crowdsourcing contests?
- no, i was contacted by a nice man by the name of Dr. Ziulaaka from Nigeria. he's wiring me the money any week now!!iCanHasQBN
- ..now!! ;)iCanHasQBN
- _niko0
The amount is actually $250,000.25 and he made it prostituting himself over the past year.
who gave him 25¢ you might ask?
everyone!
- maikel0
Move to South America.
Buy 4 hourses, rent 3, live of the profits, get a nice tan.
Charlie is good, ladies are stunning, beef is great.
- IRNlun60
Amsterdam is amazing as you know, just go. Sounds way better to me to chill in Vondelpark Park deciding whether you want to live there or not.
- Leigh0
Make sure you apply for the 30% tax ruling, it will last for 10 years.
- ah yes, heard about this. thanks.iCanHasQBN
- think you have to be "sourced" from another country, ie – you can't just move there and get it.. I got it, made a huge differenceneue75_bold
- difference towards offsetting the 40% of tax they take..neue75_bold
- Continuity0
Also, this is a good way to keep abreast of what's going on in the Amsterdam scene, especially the 'Shop Talk' entries:
- raf0
Weren't you going to Barcelona this summer? The best city for a 25 years old in Europe for me, even if shit for jobs.
- raf0
- maikel0
So say it mate, you are the real hedge, are you?
- GeorgesII0
so did you move? or you blew everything in coke and hookers?
- trooperbill0
move to malta... best quality of life vs cost apparently
- iCanHazQBN0
I moved.
- e-pill0
you never told us where you got the tax free $250K
congrats on your move.. did you pick italy or holland?
- iCanHazQBN0
and i will never tell :)
i went to italy for over a year, then london for a year, usa this year, and going back to london next year. then probably italy after that.