Why does everyone keep calling him a college student?! He won't be a student when he starts working. I graduated from college 5 years ago and I remember my first year out of college well. My first job was as an account manager with a gross salary of US $32,000. After taxes and and a deduction for health care my take home was US$1,900 a month, or US $22,800. Unfortunately, that was simply not enough to live in LA at the time. I had to move in with my parents to be able to save and have a social life. While yes he will be fresh out of college, expectations change from college to the year after college. You at least expect a salary to live decently. You don't expect to stay on the rice and beans diet. At least in my case and my friend's cases.
I think it's up to the OP to see what he values. Also it depends on the length of time he plans to stay. He's talking about several years. If it was a year I would say go for it but several years I wouldn't recommend. Money wise he won't have anything to show for it. There's no way you can save on that salary. So the question is what is he going to do when he decides to move back to the states with nothing to move back on? He won't have enough for a plane ticket home, let alone first and last month's rent to get on his feet. What if he wants to go to graduate school? These are all things that he should think about.
I'm not trying to crush dreams but be realistic. If I had planned my future prudently directly from college I would have been much better off now. You live and learn but I wish someone had mentioned all the above things I've just mentioned at the time.
That being said why don't you just come down and try the job out, see how it goes, and see how you can live on that salary. If you're able to make it on that salary, stay. If not, you can always go home. And I can assure you, you'll have that answer by the 1 year mark. Or have you thought about taking a year off to maybe come down here to learn Spanish or travel? Whatever you decide, good luck.
I think it's up to the OP to see what he values. Also it depends on the length of time he plans to stay. He's talking about several years. If it was a year I would say go for it but several years I wouldn't recommend. Money wise he won't have anything to show for it. There's no way you can save on that salary. So the question is what is he going to do when he decides to move back to the states with nothing to move back on? He won't have enough for a plane ticket home, let alone first and last month's rent to get on his feet. What if he wants to go to graduate school? These are all things that he should think about.
I'm not trying to crush dreams but be realistic. If I had planned my future prudently directly from college I would have been much better off now. You live and learn but I wish someone had mentioned all the above things I've just mentioned at the time.
That being said why don't you just come down and try the job out, see how it goes, and see how you can live on that salary. If you're able to make it on that salary, stay. If not, you can always go home. And I can assure you, you'll have that answer by the 1 year mark. Or have you thought about taking a year off to maybe come down here to learn Spanish or travel? Whatever you decide, good luck.
