CM is one of my favorite cities in the world. Without knowing you on a personal level, I want you to be as successful as possible.
I'm pretty adaptable to any situation and carry credentials that would find me gainfully employed within 72 hours in most parts of the world. With that said, I would still save between 7-10k in USD to prepare myself. You never know what you'll encounter, and what you'll need to deal with your first year there.
I've got a pretty wide scope of traveling, and one of the most useful assets I have is the 10k saved away to bail me from weird situations. Cash is king in the 3rd world, and there's not a second where I didn't regret that stash of money.
I'm pretty adaptable to any situation and carry credentials that would find me gainfully employed within 72 hours in most parts of the world. With that said, I would still save between 7-10k in USD to prepare myself. You never know what you'll encounter, and what you'll need to deal with your first year there.
I've got a pretty wide scope of traveling, and one of the most useful assets I have is the 10k saved away to bail me from weird situations. Cash is king in the 3rd world, and there's not a second where I didn't regret that stash of money.