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A Redditor is contemplating whether to accept a $300k job offer in San Jose on an L-1 visa or stay in Bengaluru earning Rs 90 lakh per year. He is concerned about career growth, lifestyle differences, and financial implications. The Reddit community is divided: some advise staying in India due to potential salary loss and visa constraints, while others encourage him to explore the US given his lack of family obligations.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-07,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
A Redditor from Bengaluru is contemplating whether to accept an offer for $300,000 a year at a startup in San Jose, or stay in India where he earns Rs 90 LPA (Lakh Per Annum). He plans to move on an L-1 visa, not an H-1B, which allows him to be transferred from his current Indian company to its US branch. The man is a 36-year-old married individual with no children and a part-time working wife. Despite feeling career-saturated in Bengaluru, he sees potential for growth and savings in the US; after researching cost of living, he believes he could save around $5k-6k per month there. His decision is complicated by mixed advice from friends in the San Francisco area and his desire to explore life and business opportunities abroad.
Written for “Comparing Salaries India Us” on 2026-10-07,
grounded in this article and the 0 other(s) covering the same event.
The dollar-rupee conversion is not always a straight calculation, especially when there are issues of lifestyle and career growth to be taken into account.
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conversion → be → account
$300k is more than Rs 90 lakh mathematically but a Redditor said he's unable to make up his mind whether he should move to the US on a $300k offer in San Jose or whether he should continue in Bengaluru, where he is getting Rs 90 LPA.
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he → say → LPA
For context, he said that it would not be on an H-1B visa but an L-1, in which he will be transferred from India to the US to work for the same company.
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he → say → company
It's a startup that he had been working for for around two years.
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he → work → years
He added that he is a 36-year-old married man with no loans, no kids -- and his wife works part-time.
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wife → add → loans
The man said that career-wise he feels saturated in Bengaluru, so much so that he would call it borderline lazy as he also wondered whether he had any scope to grow more in Bengaluru.
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he → say → Bengaluru
He said he spoke to his San Francisco region friends who dismissed his interest in taking the plunge but he showed a keen interest in exploring a US career and he said he researched the cost of living and concluded that he could be saving around $5k-6k per month in the US.
uncertain
he → say → US
The Bengaluru man was looking for genuine advice and the Reddit community was divided.
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community → look → advice
Some people advised him to choose Bengaluru over San Jose and explained that $300K in the US would actually be a pay cut from his Rs 90LPA salary.
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K → advise → salary
They also reminded him that since he would be on an L1 visa, he would be tied to his company and if he's fired, it would be a lot different than getting fired in India.
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it → remind → India
But many Redditors said that, without any kids, he was in the best position to explore the US life and culture and business growth and in the worst-case scenario, he would just have to come back to India -- but with dollar savings from the US.
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he → say → US
Some said they made a similar decision and never regretted moving to the US.
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they → say → US
The L-1 visa is a US work visa that lets a company transfer an employee from its foreign office to a related US office.
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company → let → office
This visa comes with a maximum stay period.
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visa → come → period
Under current regulations, an L-1 worker whose employment ends can get a maximum 60-day grace period, or until the end of the existing authorised stay, whichever is earlier.
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whichever → end → stay
But unlike H-1B, L-1 visa holders can not just find another US company and transfer their visa.
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holders → find → visa
A new employer would generally need to qualify for an L-1 relationship with a foreign entity and you would need to independently satisfy the L-1 requirements.
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you → need → requirements
In many ordinary situations, therefore, you'd need to move to another visa category or leave the US.
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you → need → US
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