The math will always come out in favor of staying in India with a $200K salary versus moving anywhere else in the world.
However, based on your other answers about what you do, it's unlikely that this current $200K salary is sustainable. Your company can easily replace what you do with a local developer for less than $200K. They are actually doing the right thing by giving you the option to stay and move to the US.
The bigger question is, do you want to stay in India and can you accept living there with something closer to a market salary in India?
The way I see it, your savings/spending rate has to go down either way, so you might as well come visit for 2 weeks and see how you like it, and then decide.
However, based on your other answers about what you do, it's unlikely that this current $200K salary is sustainable. Your company can easily replace what you do with a local developer for less than $200K. They are actually doing the right thing by giving you the option to stay and move to the US.
This is the most important thing to consider here, in my opinion. So OP, answer this: You're fired from the company tomorrow, and you're out looking for a job again. Where would you rather be? Which market would you prefer to sell your services to? You're already making a killing, and you will continue to make a killing after moving to the US. What happens after this gig is what's important here. This is potentially a rest-of-your-life decision. You can always move back to India.
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The math will always come out in favor of staying in India with a $200K salary versus moving anywhere else in the world.
However, based on your other answers about what you do, it's unlikely that this current $200K salary is sustainable. Your company can easily replace what you do with a local developer for less than $200K. They are actually doing the right thing by giving you the option to stay and move to the US.
The bigger question is, do you want to stay in India and can you accept living there with something closer to a market salary in India?
The way I see it, your savings/spending rate has to go down either way, so you might as well come visit for 2 weeks and see how you like it, and then decide.
This is the most important thing to consider here, in my opinion. So OP, answer this: You're fired from the company tomorrow, and you're out looking for a job again. Where would you rather be? Which market would you prefer to sell your services to? You're already making a killing, and you will continue to make a killing after moving to the US. What happens after this gig is what's important here. This is potentially a rest-of-your-life decision. You can always move back to India.
Thanks Karthik! These are exactly the kind of insights I was looking for on HN.