Your source of income?

[Omar_NYC]

i just want to get an understanding on how you all do it. I dont want to copy the things you all do.

Look at it from my pov . I just want good information so i can plan a move to the dr within two years. From what i have seen you all have very good information and i really do think all your tips help me make a plan that i can stick to and one that will work for me.

Thats the last thing i want to do. You know live the life of another. I left nyc when i was 18 for the Navy and now I am ready to move on to the next thing stage.

I'm tentatively looking to make a similar move as you, but I have a longer deadline; within five to ten years.

My specialty in New York is Information Technology. I've been in IT for 13 years specializing in desktop support, servers and networking.

It turns out there isn't much for me to do out there in my field of expertise, and if there is I'm lucky to score much money at all.

My general consensus from the folks in here is that most probably live off their off-shore pensions and are happy with a barebones life; very casual and rare outing or two and a very minimal cost of living.

And that living situation can work for people. It would personally work for me if I had a steady income to rely on. Income and steady don't seem to belong in the same sentence in DR's current economy.

 

[usa2dr]

thanks for this imformation.:glasses:

 

[Omar_NYC]

I have no reason not to repeat as I often have here that my income comes from the money that the US govt squoze out of me for 44 years and now is paying it back as social security. And it is almost enuff to live on, but not quite.
Der Fish

Nice

 

[dv8]

omar, i did mention we have a friend who is IT and networking specialist. he makes less than you in the states but has a good life, really. and he is lazy, could have made more...
in any case, you are not without chances, especially in SD or santiago...

 

[Mauricio]

I work for a company outside DR but do live here full time. I hope never to have to go back to work for a dominican employer...

 

[usa2dr]

I work for a company outside DR but do live here full time. I hope never to have to go back to work for a dominican employer...

why what was so bad about working from a dominican employer?

 

[cobraboy]

He's just jealous I can make a living out of my sexual prowess...

 

[Bronxboy]

why what was so bad about working from a dominican employer?

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[pauleast]

Cobra, that was priceless.lol.... Yea.. I'm a pimp and I am my only client.

 

[Omar_NYC]

omar, i did mention we have a friend who is IT and networking specialist. he makes less than you in the states but has a good life, really. and he is lazy, could have made more...
in any case, you are not without chances, especially in SD or santiago...

I hope you're right for when I look to make the move.

 

[DRob]

Omar,

I'd suggest you spend the next few years trying to build up a strong web presence, and encouraging your clients to refer you out. Hopefully, that'll turn into a biz that you can do online.

 

[Richard Alberto]

I'm tentatively looking to make a similar move as you, but I have a longer deadline; within five to ten years.

My specialty in New York is Information Technology. I've been in IT for 13 years specializing in desktop support, servers and networking.

It turns out there isn't much for me to do out there in my field of expertise, and if there is I'm lucky to score much money at all.

My general consensus from the folks in here is that most probably live off their off-shore pensions and are happy with a barebones life; very casual and rare outing or two and a very minimal cost of living.

And that living situation can work for people. It would personally work for me if I had a steady income to rely on. Income and steady don't seem to belong in the same sentence in DR's current economy.

I also do some IT and sometimes I've been able to manage clients backups and server maintenances remotely.

 

[Omar_NYC]

Omar,

I'd suggest you spend the next few years trying to build up a strong web presence, and encouraging your clients to refer you out. Hopefully, that'll turn into a biz that you can do online.

You're right.

I have my domain name registered already. I need to get it off the ground.

 

[DRob]

I have a number of clients based in the DR and other spots in the caribbean/latin america.

The vast majority are in their 50s or older, and have income sources from either outside businesses or multiple pensions.

I admire the folks who make a solid living in DR-based businesses, but assure you they are a solid (but proud) minority. Those even fewer making "real" money are either stakeholders in a tourism biz or taking advantage of Zona Franca opportunities.

Or, they have big boobies like dv8. lol. :glasses:

 

[Omar_NYC]

I also do some IT and sometimes I've been able to manage clients backups and server maintenances remotely.

Yes, you can do many IT tasks remotely.

But who's doing this in DR and for who?

 

[Richard Alberto]

Yes, you can do many IT tasks remotely.

But who's doing this in DR and for who?

nah, you would do it for a client(s) in the U.S. but work in DR.

 

[dv8]

Or, they have big boobies like dv8. lol. :glasses:

some have brains. i have boobs. you gotta work with what you got!

 

[vacanodr]

I made money in the DR by working online as a tutor. I also answered survey questions on sites and earned about 5-10 dollars a day which is more than a lot of people make working full time in the DR.

 

[Major448]

Some people go this route. You can do this from anywhere there is an internet connection.

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I don't do it. But I could if I needed to ... it's always an option.

 

[Mauricio]

why what was so bad about working from a dominican employer?

Bad pay (and my salary was considered good), long days (ok, with a 3 hour break. but who wants that), working on saturday mornings. The owners of the business I worked in treated me very well and I owe them much for giving me a job when I arrived here (again) but it's not easy to have a departmental boss that is used to docile employees. I can stay in this country on 1 condition: I want to work on my own or for myself. Right now I am working on my own, and if I can add for myself that would be great.

I had a reason to come to DR, while my wife is dominican and we decided to go back here, but I would advice against any foreigner coming to live in DR, without any ties here, if he has to make a living here. It's not worth it, you will end up in the same routine or rat race or trap or however you want to call it that you were in your home country, but with worse pay and less time to enjoy.

This sounds all negative, and I should add that I am happy and thankful for the work I found and am doing now, but if I would have to work for a boss again I would be long back in Europe. I don't recommend it.