[catchclose8919]

...learn about crypto and try to work remotely getting paid in it - unfortunately you'll likely have to work on cryptocurrencies and smart-contracts, but it beats COBOL ;) After you've saved enough, gtfo your country and get asylum anywhere it's not sanctioned (say you're a gay satanist foodie passioned about pork sushi etc.).

Not condoning tax evasion, but some countries deserve it.

[jacquesm]

Super bad advice for an immigrant, and questionable advice if you're not.

Please try to take this serious.

[catchclose8919]

He's a would-be / soon-to-be immigrant. After settling in the destination country he should ofc get his affairs 100% legal, and maybe change work fields (inside software it's easy). And if he wants good life in a bad country (some people are all for this, I don't get it, but whatever, has its perks, though it might be shorter), then working and earning as much as possible outside of society's legal fiancial system is seriously 100% the best advice! Sure, there's some extra skills he'll have to learn, get the bribing and personal security parts right with methods that work in your geographical region, and one must have some "exit plan" (eg. "buy a large farm when reaching 50") to not do this forever, but it's seriously the only advice.

People who've lived their whole adult life in "safe and civilized bouble" countries will ofc see in in reverse, but outside of the "safe zones" we currently live in, this planet is a nasty place and you're competing with nasty people, so properly taking context in consideration is the only way to take this serious and give people useful actionable life advice!