If you do choose to live and work in Italy, there is currently an abundance of work available for technology specialists and language teachers. Other opportunities include careers in tourism, art restoration and fashion design. According to Giovanni Sangiorgi, director of marketing at JobItaly, a career Web site, most of the Italy's job opportunities are concentrated in technology fields. Clearly, though, while there may be demand for a chef, baker, pharmacist or newspaper vendor, the jobs you find online are for people who have strong tech skills. Sangiorgi asserts that the most difficult thing an American faces when deciding to work in technology in Italy is not the language but the salary.
Language is relative.
But as a programmer in Italy, you simply won't make the same kind of money you can make in America. You have to take into consideration that everything in Italy is cheaper, with the exception of gasoline and Coca Cola. You can live quite well on L 2.5 million a month. At certain times of year, the advertisements on the metropolitana are all for either English language or weight loss programs, and it is a lot easier to find work teaching English in Italy than it is to lose weight. Currently, private schools, which are profitable enterprises in Italy, have the most openings.