I'm just finishing up the process of getting a job in Hong Kong from east-coast North America. It was a successful process for the two most often cited reasons

I'm just finishing up the process of getting a job in Hong Kong from east-coast North America. It was a successful process for the two most often cited reasons: timing and connections. I was specifically targeted by someone who followed my work (blog/twitter/github)..which means I didn't have to work so hard to sell myself on technical merits to people half-way around the world. Also, personal changes in my life suddenly made me mobile for the first time since graduating (a decade ago). Had the recruiting happened a few weeks earlier, I would have said no.