I'm looking to relocate from the UK to SE Asia (Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia etc). I keep updated on the 'Who's hiring' threads but just wanted to tap HN's collective knowledge as well.<p>I'm 23 and have been working as a PHP Developer in London for a large fashion brand for the last 2 years but also have a lot of experience with front end technologies.<p>Just wondering what the best areas to look for work were, what are my realistic chances, any good resources to look at? In advance, thanks!
I'm currently working in Hong Kong, and to be honest, tech companies here aren't really that good, the startup scene is close to nothing at the moment and finding a decent company that really cares about what they do is very difficult.
I'd look to freelance yourself out to London agencies on the proviso that the majority of work is to be done remotely and that you'll be around for kick off meetings etc. Once they trust you you'll be able to switch this to pretty much 100% remote (possibly look to reduce your rate as a sweetener) and then just go to cheap SE asian country of your choice, doing visa runs every X months.<p>There is a large culture difference between different countries and you may as well spend some time in each to see how they fit before looking for a full time position
Hi, Malaysian dev here (PHP too)<p>Stick to Kuala Lumpur area, particularly Bangsar for devs jobs. Most sexy startup here is Mind Valley and they are super cool for us local devs.<p>Me myself based on Cyberjaya, working on ebook backend stuffs. I do not know any openings but i'll ask around. So far i have many luck freelancing with local jobs from Skillpages.com . You can try your luck there.<p>Glad to help fellow HN!
Hong Kong, hands down. It's way more fun than Singapore (personal opinion) and there are virtually zero local developers (A friend of mine works at an incubator there and several of the startups have had open positions for months on end).
geoarbitrage, my friend.<p>Work for clients in high cost-of-living countries. Spend your time in lower cost-of-living countries.<p>Instant lifestyle upgrade.<p>Aren't you a little old to still be using PHP? ;)