Your dream is not impossible, but unlikely
[quote=cplusplus; 1451937].5. 5 million cop or up would be a beautiful salary, i could see myself probably speeding the most only like 1. 5 million a my monthly expenses, as i repeat i am very minimalist, and thus would have at least 4 million pesos left over a month for the ladies.
however i am not sure how realistic this dream of mine is, what i might do is simply go on an extensive vacation over there (like at least half a year) and see more in detail about it. i am going to take about $50k usd, i want to go sex crazy for at least the initial month (as like 4 services a day, multiple partners, tln's) and blow at least 10 grand.[/quote]there are plenty of qualified programmers in colombia already and they don't make anywhere near 6 million pesos a month. your best bet is to get a half-time programming job that you can do over the internet back in the high-salary first world and then do it from colombia. you can stay up to 6 months a year on a tourist visa. for longer time period, you need a visa (work, study, investment, marrriage to a colombiana, etc.). student visa is probably the easiest for you. i agree with the other poster. do not flash money around. use your atm card to get cash (citibank will give up to 1 milliion pesos at a time, servibanco will give 780, 000).
next problem: without a serious visa, you cannot get an id card (cedula) and without that you cannot rent an apartment or do much of anything like open a bank account. but you can get a cell phone with your passport, so i suggest you just keep a low profile, be a student / tourist, and get a private room in a youth hostel or a room in a private home, etc. where you won't need a local id.
spending $10000 usd in a month on sex is good way to become a target. if you go to 4 casas a day and spend an hour with each girl, that is still less than 250,000 pesos ($150 usd) , or $4500 for the month. you are young and speak spanish, you should be able to get girls to spend the night for free, or just for the odd gift. do not be over-generous, no matter how good you feel after having great sex with a girl. just be nice.
-zing
Re: Employment Opportunities
There are many expat programmers in Colombia. Who in their right mind would work for a Colombian company? They all work remotely for an American company at American salaries. Good luck, this is an ideal job for living in Colombia.