Why I Sold Everything And Moved To Dubai 🇦🇪

[@Life-With-Tim]

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[@claudiaregio]

You left FRESCA???

[@bordindv5578]

So this is what that first hello world program leads to.

[@quanit6428]

I've been a big fan of yours for 10 years, wish all the best on your journeys.

[@DennisSmithGrandCayman]

After freezing both of my feet in -43 degree’s. Move from Canada to the Cayman Islands 57 years ago. I’ve only been back twice.

[@starboy3098]

Hi bro, i am that guy from Uzbekistan. We met in Dubai

[@Life-With-Tim]

Yo what's up man! Thanks for coming up to me, that made my day :)

[@abdullaermatov1848]

Uzbek sila aaaaaaaa

[@starboy3098]

​@@Life-With-Tim Thank you! You motivated me to work harder

[@baboomka]

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[@azizalbastaki]

Hi Tim, I am an Emirati from Dubai, and I used to literally **study** your Python and AI videos when I was a high school student during lockdown, I even remember your pygame series being used by one of my teachers to teach game development. So I just wanted to say thank you and a warm welcome to the UAE! In regard to your video, the three reasons that you’ve mentioned do not come as a surprise to me. Dubai (and the UAE) has always strived to be a welcoming place for all walks of life. This includes the heavy promotion of cultural and religious tolerance and co-existence in the country (look at the Abrahamic House in Abu Dhabi for example), and in contrast to certain racist stereotypes, gender equality is also promoted as 50% of our national parliament consist of women and we’re also planning to send a female astronaut to space, and she quite recently became the first Arab woman to graduate from NASA’s astronaut program. (Not to forget that our space program is currently being run by Sarah Al Amiri, who’s done such an exceptional job so far) It’s also quite easy to setup a startup in the UAE, taxes, registration, recruiting from abroad is a very concise process, and I wasn’t aware of the whole political neutralness thing until I saw Tucker Carlson’s interview with Pavel Durov (Telegram founder, actually headquartered here) who brought up interesting things regarding that domain. You haven’t mentioned this (or maybe I’ve missed it) but there are also programs that aim to keep talented expats who have contributed immensely here through the golden visa or even obtaining citizenship. That being said, with Dubai being such a cosmopolitan city, people often overlook the local culture when they’re here. And being an Emirati, it’s really annoying when people come here on vacation and leave before complaining that Dubai is soulless or whatever when they’ve only visited Downtown Dubai and Dubai Marina. So please don’t be that person! Really sorry for the essay I just wrote, but once again, welcome to Dubai!

[@danishirfan9317]

Wow! That's nice! Hopefully, you will enjoy your life in Dubai!

[@Life-With-Tim]

I hope so!

[@ConnerArdman]

Congrats on the move Tim and super inspiring first video! I'll need to find an excuse to come visit soon 😃

[@Life-With-Tim]

Thanks man! Come on over ;)

[@FelixBruce-iz1un]

I'm moving to Dubai next week. It's great to see videos like this to reassure the move. Cheers for more great content Tim

[@Life-With-Tim]

Exciting times ahead! Congrats on taking that step and I wish you the best. Welcome to Dubai :)

[@AndrewChung-ol3sv]

:) glad you're happy with your decision! Definitely will be looking forward to watching your future videos on this channel. This is random but I'm watching your tutorial on Django and it has one of the best explanations, so thank you! And keep up the great work Tim!

[@Life-With-Tim]

Thanks so much for the comment and wishes! Happy coding :)

[@tabliqatchi6696]

As a mid-eastern living in Iran I'm happy you're closer to where I live now and I wish you the best moments around here Tim. Dubai is a great place for business people. I got really shocked hearing those numbers about the taxes you paid in CA, especially the exit tax which was beyond ridiculous. Anyways, now living in Dubai, time to make some more money! 💸💸💸

[@Jack_Nack]

Ah, Dubai. Where the sea meets your front door.

[@alimihakeem841]

Hi Tim. Congratulations. That's absolutely great Have really got a lot of value from your channel especially from your flask tutorial I really want to narrow down and specialize

[@allahditta1759]

I m from calgary Canada. I m doing same things which you did.my home is already sold and my 4runner is on sale. I will be in dubai in first week of December.

[@Life-With-Tim]

Congrats and welcome!

[@wscrivner]

55% tax - wow! I knew taxes were higher in Canada (than the US) but I didn't realize they were that crazy.

[@allards]

Inspiring video, all the reasons you state to leave Canada are also applicable to many European countries. My partner and I are also looking for places migrate to a more liberal minded country. Dubai is perhaps a bit too warm for us, but I have been there and it felt like a great place to be. Looking forward to your next video’s.

[@Life-With-Tim]

Thanks very much! Definitely is hot, especially coming from Canada. But the pros make it worth it for me

[@redvine4857]

Its great ideas for u-tube videos, but when trouble is around the corner, people wants to come back home.

[@looyd]

What happens if you want to move back? Could you use the money you earned while in Dubai or would you have to pay taxes on it?

[@usamashami11]

Wow, you achieved so much at a young age!! ❤ P.s. Found this channel from your LinkedIn, this needs reach, glad to know about you :')

[@Life-With-Tim]

Thank you so much!

[@TimHuza]

Hi Tim, my name is also Tim, I’m 13 years old, I watch you, subscribe to all your social media's, I watch you and learn to program with your help, you help me a lot, thank you very much, you help me a lot! Thanks for the video, and for all your videos on the main channel, keep it up!

[@kapibara2440]

Good luck! I absolutely adore your python tutorials 😊

[@Life-With-Tim]

Happy to hear that!

[@lalitachanakid3729]

Follow your form old Chanel Tech with him , your video always good and you are amazing person thanks for sharing can’t wait to your next video :)

[@Life-With-Tim]

Thank you for all the support!!

[@akshaybiradar259]

All the best, hope you plan a meetup in Dubai!

[@fdauti_ca]

The Balkan countries in Europe are still relatively cheap and you have cheap short flights to everywhere else in Europe

[@igorshamrylo2012]

Thank you for your video. I agree with you. Could you please make a video of the lifestyle in Dubai? Any interesting activities, or gatherings of interesting people. Thank you.

[@nelsonrgues]

You should try Portugal! You are more than welcome! :)

[@robertgaines9286]

It's >100 Fahrenheit for 6 months of the year there. And it's only going to get hotter with global temps continuing to rise. No thank you.

[@Life-With-Tim]

Ya definitely a downside but I don’t plan to live here in the summer.

[@la009895]

Be careful of business dealings with citizens of Dubai. My company got really screwed by a broken contract in Dubai. Court systems there are set up to only support local citizens.

[@Life-With-Tim]

Thanks for the heads up. What was the situation?

[@la009895]

@@Life-With-Tim local Dubai company contracted me to build out a team to support some software (we were remote). I paid a lot of money up front to get my team together and build out the infra here (couple hundred grand), supported their system for two months and they just... pulled the plug and left us holding the bag, never paid us beyond an initial fee. Turns out, they had screwed over their PREVIOUS outsourcing partner as well. Took them to Court in Dubai and got a big shrug... really hurt my team and company.

[@Life-With-Tim]

Damn, I’m sorry to hear that, that’s horrible. Thanks for heads up tho.

[@omidmehdi]

You could have brought the cat. Imagine his/her trauma. Also, thanks for your awesome tech videos.

[@Life-With-Tim]

She has a great new home that was carefully arranged. I would never leave her unless I knew her new home would be the best place for her, she is with an entire family now that she is already familiar with as they were my neighbours and cat sitters :)

[@TubeMusic-uk6kb]

Now way, I’m 18, also from NS Canada and planning to move to Dubai! I was getting into Software just like you (I actually watched some of your coding vids). But recently got into day trading. Almost profitable. See ya in Dubai!

[@Life-With-Tim]

See you soon!

[@fredrick_muasya28]

Hi i really love how you explain and arrage ideas can you please kindly help me to solve a problem i have been having when creating apps using flutter The problem is how they check for internet connectivity in the right way of course using connectivity plus but i need to check for internet connection specifically Thank you

[@helenasalvetova4775]

Hi Tim How could you leave your cat? Couldn't bring it with you? That is really sad. The reasons for leaving I'm right there with you. In my country when I counted everything even taxes on gas I got to 85% direct and indirect taxes combined.

[@Life-With-Tim]

It was tough decision but I know she will have a better life with the family she is with. Moving a cat over 10k kilometres is not easy, I also travel so much that I just can’t care for it :/

[@first275]

I wish you a great journey ahead

[@syednadeem5882]

Impressive content ❤

[@ezrahel]

Tim, now that you are in UAE, why not try and see if real estate investment can work out for you? This is challenging but it gon'worth it!!

[@spranav1998]

I know the taxes and the entry into India is not smooth when you compare it with Dubai(UAE), but out of curiosity was India in your initial list.

[@Life-With-Tim]

No it was not

[@SwitzerlandUnfiltered]

Thanks for sharing.I did the same thing as you Tim but instead of Dubai I went to Switzerland. UK is pretty bad too, but seems like Canada wins the context for worse country to earn money.

[@jessicabunami6449]

Great video. I am in this situation right now. I hold a lot of US stocks issued by my company. My company is now relocating me to the states. Should I sell all of my stocks before I go, or just pay the departure tax and hold my stocks? I don't see any difference between these two options in sense of how much tax i have to pay to CRA.

[@jonathanb6400]

Hi! I've been following Tech with Tim for a while and have done something similar in Taiwan with the Gold card. I have a suggestion regarding your profile photo. The current thumbnail, with the white area around your head, doesn't seem to represent you as well as your videos do. It might affect how viewers recognize you on their feeds. Perhaps a new photo that aligns more closely with your on-camera look could attract more viewers for the right reasons. Just a thought!

[@paraglide01]

Good for you. Should be more young people with entrepreneurship mindset the world would be a better place.

[@Tuguldurbayar]

Hello, I am from Mongolia, experienced programmer (Maybe not the International level, but grinding to this), is there any possibility to work with you as a software developer remotely. Currently are you getting employee? or Partner something like this? What ever is this, recently watched your videos and encouraged, even to ask this :D.

[@natiqueibrar]

I shifted to UAE when I was only 2 years old, I cannot thank you enough for bringing out the points that really make this place special in my heart. Yes, there are grey areas in every country but UAE is far ahead and better.

[@Life-With-Tim]

Of course! Everyone deserves to know about great places

[@aguswahyuekaprasetya75]

Maybe you should try go to Bali someday. Beautiful, cheap and comfort.

[@Life-With-Tim]

Actually headed there today funny enough

[@aguswahyuekaprasetya75]

@@Life-With-Tim Many people there will help you if you have problem. Indonesian community is friendly.

[@saravanannatarajan147]

Great to know congrats. Which VISA you got , I mean it’s student VISA or work VISA?much appreciated

[@Life-With-Tim]

I actually set up my own freezone company and then sponsored myself through the company for an employment visa. I'll be making a detailed video on this shortly, stay tuned.

[@saravanannatarajan147]

@@Life-With-Tim ok that’s why it cost around 10k dollars thanks bro

[@Life-With-Tim]

Ya exactly all the setup fees for that

[@AyusshiSingh]

Would love to meet you if you are here in Singapore :)

[@tameemalkhliefat3036]

Hello Tim, Love your videos, I live in the UAE too the weather went crazy in the last two days. stay safe!

[@Life-With-Tim]

Seriously it was insane. Thanks!

[@vladimirpolojienko9985]

What can you think about a country that was literally built from nothing and that’s alive only because of fossil fuels ?

[@mg6914]

So? What are you trying to say??

[@nosharing-sf2mk]

I heard mice on Venus playing in the background

[@Ovoworks]

I have been looking for the title pf the song

[@NumanHussainWeb]

I relocated to UK last year and now regretting. I had options to Dubai 😢

[@books-and-cats]

Why do you regret it?

[@matty5ps444]

@@books-and-cats because the UK is a huge rip off and similar to canada/us; taxes melt your finances quicker than your crumbling mental state can keep up.

[@net2dev]

Congrats man, that is my goal!

[@Life-With-Tim]

Appreciate it!

[@jjsc3334]

Natural beautiful US and Canada scenery

[@davidobembe5302]

Absolutely inspiring video 👏

[@kevinmckenziee]

Great video!

[@Life-With-Tim]

Thank u sir!

[@shamblonaut]

I've been following you since you were 19. You've reached crazy heights. Btw, did the recent floods affect you?

[@Life-With-Tim]

Appreciate you're support my man. I am very fortunate to say they did not, the area I live in is almost entirely unaffected, although I did experience the insane weather on Tuesday which seemed like something out of a movie :0

[@OG22812]

The easiest and most logical answer of WHY is that You smelled Wealth and peace of mind, and where else in the world You can find those two except in UAE. Mark my words You'll be a Millionaire within 2-3 years (maximum). You're an Software Engineer with Entrepreneur's Eye. Good Luck!

[@Life-With-Tim]

Appreciate that. Who's to say I'm not already a millionaire ;) but your reasoning is very accurate

[@thefamous5121]

Definitely can relate. Unfortunately here in the U.S. it's no better in my opinion. Thank you for the motivation and most important Congratulations on your new journey.

[@awesomedude4428]

US is a LOT better. A lot of options, WAY less taxes, it's amazing.

[@pitsielias483]

Please make a video about the process required to moveto another country

[@Life-With-Tim]

I will do. Subscribe to be updated!

[@pythonsamurai]

Short: low taxes, supercars

[@nowyouknow2249]

Canada is too cold. You would like the new weather.

[@Life-With-Tim]

I am already!

[@soulninjadev]

good video

[@dominiquecoladon8343]

Good for you

[@kennygunderman]

🔥🔥

[@kinggeorgethe1st554]

what a clown...

[@SaarN1337]

If money is what you're looking for and you don't plan on setting down - then sure, that's why their ruling is more lenient - you wouldn't want to live in the neighbouring stricter Muslim countries. Anyway, be careful, as long as you're on good terms with the authorities it's all fine, but their punishments are no joke, and it's possible that you'd be abandoned by your home country in case something goes wrong (zero tolerance towards drugs, no affection towards the other sex in public, absolutely no showing of affection towards the same sex etc.. the opposite side of the same coin that gives you peace when you sleep at night with the door unlocked).

[@Life-With-Tim]

Hmmm, have you been here? I’m aware of the punishments but I can tell you I’ve seen all those things happening daily (minus drug use) and no one seems to bat an eye here.

[@SaarN1337]

@@Life-With-Tim I'm from the ME and got family members who have vacationed in the UAE, which isn't quite the same as relocating, but the repercussions for not following the local laws would be similar. Again, this country is more "forgiving" than the surrounding countries, so they wouldn't chop off your hand for stealing like in the neighbouring countries (that strictly follow the Islamic rules), but carrying drugs would get you jailed for a really long time, and carrying too much of it will get you straight up executed. They want foreign businesses to settle in and invest, just don't get too comfortable and feel like you're as free as in a western country such as US. If you ever feel unhappy for example - you move and then criticize, instead of criticizing while still living there.

[@Life-With-Tim]

Well I don’t plan to carry drugs so I guess I’ll be fine!

[@venomizerdbl285]

I’m looking to move to Dubai one day to a tech job once I get some more experience

[@Life-With-Tim]

It's a great place to be! Lot's of tech companies have offices here.

[@maxsebastian]

Taxes are good actually.

[@Life-With-Tim]

When used properly

[@baboomka]

12 based minutes with Tim. Aren't you a libertarian by the way?

[@Gus-xb7yd]

I think it’s going to be an unpopular opinion but I am actually in favor of high taxes as long as those taxes are being put to good use like social services, infrastructure, public transportation, etc… I truly believe and am supported by research that after a certain amount, more money doesn’t make people any more happy. So why not put that money towards things that will improve peoples quality of life.

[@InternetMadeCoder]

🎉🎉

[@MilanSmore]

Hoe are the floods

[@LeagueBeer]

Have you considered Paraguay or Uruguay? Those countries have great personal freedoms unlike Dubai and they have good economic freedoms like Dubai too

[@Life-With-Tim]

Ohh good idea. I had briefly looked at panama but I overlooked those places. Thanks for the suggestion!

[@kevinmckenziee]

@@Life-With-Tim Nothing beats living in Dubai vs those options

[@felixbemme7257]

@@kevinmckenziee except freedom of speech maybe

[@LeagueBeer]

@@kevinmckenziee That's not a valid argument to me, you just said your feelings

[@kevinmckenziee]

@@LeagueBeer Best banking, best lifestyle, best opportunities

[@slowpacedgaming8596]

Gross

[@erikibarra4530]

🔥

[@shayanmjo5950]

Reason 4: because arabic countries investing to bring famous specialists in industery into their country in case might they make something out of the desert. Sorry tim . Love you

[@EnglishRain]

Ping me if you'd ever like to go hiking!

[@bzwiv]

Another one bites the dust

[@felixfurger3000]

Huh, this is so disappointing. Seeing how calmly you explain your decision as if that was completely ok makes me realize how much of a disconnection you have with the real world. I can only be sad about that

[@Life-With-Tim]

What disconnection are you referring to?

[@aakashr4974]

​@@Life-With-Tim ignore him Tim, you are doing great work!!

[@user-nt1fs]

agreed. Avoiding taxes by supporting a chauvinistic government, that likes to ignore human rights and is kinda into slavery is a poor move. Thanks for your early videos though.

[@roywastaken]

Dubai is a horrible place and the reasons Tim moved are superficial as hell. We’ll forgive him cuz he’s still super young and we all make mistakes.

[@wscrivner]

​@@user-nt1fs avoiding ridiculously high taxes. Government taking 55%+ of what someone earns is not taxation, it's theft. I'd classify that as a human rights violation.

[@Al_Miqdad_]

inshallah good move may Allah guide you to Islam ❤❤

[@muhammadikram375]

sir you're great.. bundle of respect for you.. sir how to contact you..??

[@Life-With-Tim]

Send me an email to the email on my channels about page