Valuable in what sense? For most people, it will probably be very valuable as an experience. But it might also hurt your career a bit, depending on what you are

Valuable in what sense? For most people, it will probably be very valuable as an experience. But it might also hurt your career a bit, depending on what you are trying to do. Read the biographies of the most successful entrepreneurs, and I think you'll find they were too focused on building their companies to spend a lot of time roaming the earth. The main exception would be people like Sebastian Thrun and Elon Musk who moved to the US as a way to pursue their ambitions.