Yeah, so far those attempts are a joke from professional point of view.
They tend to try to talk to our hearts, handwaving what we would lose in salaries and work conditions from current European locations outside Portugal.
Sentimental and family reasons tend to speak much higher than those offers have done so far.
It's cheap, has excellent architecture, above average food, and absolutely charming people and nature.
Do not take this personally, but people coming from rich countries and driving housing costs to skyrocket aren't getting much love.
I mean, regular people are also gonna pay taxes since they actually plan to live, instead of just buying an overpriced place for the visa...
The climate is relatively good, population is well educated, low crime rates, close to lots of interesting places for tourism. And tax incentives are awesome for remote workers.
I think the only reason I've not moved there is family back home.
How do you stay up to date on what's happening tech wise in Lisbon? Just contacts in your personal network or are there specific social media, blogs, podcasts, that you can recommend to get a feel for what's happening?
Are salaries for IC's still suffering from a 'near-shore' effect or are salaries just a flat remote rate and there isn't much of a 'local market' arbitrage effect?
It can't compete with the north in wages (especially the kinda-north countries which also have special tax regimes for immigrants), but it's much safer than the other CPLP countries, guess that's the strategy behind the new foreign law ?
I think that, for better or worse, we'll be an important factor in the portuguese demographical and budgetary future