Planning to move to D.R. Where to find Field Tech, Help Desk, Tech Support positions?

Hey guys,

Come next year, early in the year, I plan to leave the U.S. and move out to D.R.
I have been trying to find some sources online for jobs in the Information Technology industry. Anyone have some good links or references?

Frank the Tank said:

If you don't mind working for around 15,000 pesos a month.......... If you are planning on relocating it is best to have money already.

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Is the tech field that low in pay? I have relatives in a few parts of D.R. (La Romana, La Vega, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Santiago, and Santo Domingo) and a couple of cousins of mine were telling me that there's American companies in D.R. that pay well. I found Xerox out there in Santo Domingo, but unfortunately there's no source online that shows what's the average income for the I.T. industry.

Man?el said:

Can you find remote work instead?
Also, this way, it will open up your location options in the DR (or anywhere else for that matter).

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There's a site called, "odesk" if I'm not mistaken. But that's like a haven for programmers and web developers. I have hands on experience with web development but that wouldn't bring in enough income unless I fully dedicated myself in web development. But I'm more of a hands on / troubleshooter with hardware and operating system issues.

Chirimoya said:

Have a look here:
Instituto Tecnol?gico de Las Am?ricas | ITLA

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Thank you, really appreciate it!

windeguy said:

No question about this. If you need to work to live here, it is not recommended. If that money is a supplement to long term retirement money even if you could find what is considered a good job here then you would be OK. It is very unlikely you will find such a job.

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Honestly, it would be work to live. I figured that a position of something like Help Desk support would be one of the semi-higher paying careers in the I.T. industry of D.R.


I'm not a real big spender, honestly, I'd just need to make income to pay the common bills and small expenditures:

Cable internet
Rent
Electricity
Cell phone
Gym membership
Groceries

And some how be able to save for a motorcycle or a car.

Mauricio said:

You need at least 25,000 per month to live (alone) a very basic life. Anyway, RD$ 15,000 / month is on the low end. If you are good at your job and responsible and speak spanish you should be able to earn RD$30,000.

Then again: I was told before I came (back) three years ago that to be able to live reasonable RD$80,000 / month was enough (2 adults, 2 children). Being here I notice I need RD$200,000 to live reasonable (nothing luxury).

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See I was under the impression that Dominican Republic is currently in development mode, for lack of a better term. That is that it is now starting to advance in a few industries, especially the technology industry. Normally when this happens even in a small region of the world, it happens to be one of the main focuses to get well educated/experienced employees to help develop this industry, and for the most part the income tends to go up because of the large future investment in said industry.

I would be living solo, no kids, no girlfriend/wife.. nor do I plan to unless I was actually wealthy and completely financially comfortable.

And yeah I speak Spanish, but not as good as my English. That's why I'm even willing to work in the field such as internet service installer (installing modems on PCs / networks for internet access).