[DanielHB]

True, but like I mentioned, I lived in Campinas which is not that bad IT place, but still I was very unimpressed about the jobs around the region, either boring enterprise jobs or small scrappy startups.

If I have to move somewhere where I know no one and it takes a plane flight to see family I might as well move to a place with a hot job market where I can make good money and have good work life balance.

[cassianoleal]

I moved abroad from Porto Alegre for similar reasons (and many others) so I get it.

That said, I did have a few interesting jobs there. And the quality of life was in many ways better, though I can’t complain much.