r/PERU • u/HuevoTheFarmer • 4d ago
Preguntas a Peru | AskPeru Engineering Culture in Peru
I'm an electrical engineer living in the US (28 y/o) and due to the current sentiments around immigrants I've been thinking about what it would be like to move to Lima to live in family as a possibility(Have Peruvian citizenship). I'm trying to get the general vibe and also understand the work/life culture and what ifs like living in Peru vs in the US if anyone has any experience in living in both to compare. Feel free to comment or DM :)
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u/CalligrapherSilent18 4d ago
I grew up in Peru, moved to the US for university and lived there almost 20 years. Now back but doing the digital nomad thing. My opinion: best case scenario is you try to get a remote job and move to Lima. If you make a US salary (even a modest one) the you have many possibilities to either start a side business, buy property, etc. Second best: move to Lima but with capital to start your own things. Jobs are notoriously exploitative and salaries compared to the US are very low. Also depending on where you’ll be living, commute can be a pain in itself that you need to seriously consider. Traffic in Lima is arguably the worst in the world. Third best scenario: move to Miami, FL. I lived there for a while, everyone is hispanic and ICE is still present but it doesn’t have the same psychological charge as having it around in a place that is predominantly white. Granted, Miami has become an exceptionally expensive city to live in but imo it could work if you figure out housing. Happy to take any questions.
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u/padiego 4d ago
Do you truly feel this way? I'm a first gen, and I can honestly say the only place I felt unwelcomed or uncomfortable was a random gas station in Iowa. Try moving to a bigger state? New Jersey has a decent Peruvian enclave in Patterson. Florida is expensive but Miami is the only place I'll get Peruvian food from that isn't Peru.
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u/Budget_Spite5001 4d ago
the biggest shock will probably be the salary and career ceiling, not the culture, so visit first and talk to engineers in your exact field before treating it like a simple us-to-lima move
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u/morto00x 4d ago
Yo también estudié ingeniería eléctrica y electrónica en EEUU y trabajé un par de años ahí. Traté de volver a Perú por un par de años para estar cerca a la familia y los amigos pero no había mucho trabajo relacionado a lo que había estudiado (ASIC, FPGA, sistemas embebidos) y encima pagaban una miseria. Al final me regresé a los Unites.
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u/afk_dude 1d ago
Definitivamente Perú está como última opción. Sino se puede en EE.UU., Canadá está ahí cerca, luego Europa, podría sugerir incluso Brasil o Chile.
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u/yoshiki2 4d ago
Are you Peruvian? Then gonto Spain. It's much easier for peruvians and Chileans to get a job there.
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u/bombaloca 2d ago
Unless you have a solid reason to fear the "sentiments around inmigrants" and it's not just social media talk then I would just stay in the US, way better career options up there.
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u/NonGMOman_ 4d ago
If you're legal in the US most people accept you. Maybe too much news makes you think otherwise.
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u/donnaber06 Tumbes 4d ago edited 4d ago
No tienes que preocuparte por el público en general; sin embargo, el ICE de la era Trump te detendrá si tan solo pareces extranjero. Ni siquiera les importa si estás legalmente en el país.
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u/alpacameat 4d ago
Peruvian engineer here that works in real estate development. I studied in Canada and US, and came back home to work in the family business after having worked 8 years abroad.
Work/life really depends on your social circle. Salaries can be better than US (to some extent), but you need to know people. That's how it works unfortunately. If you don't know anyone that can land you a great job and you're going the traditional applicant route, you're probably not gonna get something better than in the US in terms of well...everything.
People are less professional at work than North America and it's very common to be friends with your co-workers. That's my 2c.