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> I feel like Taiwan represents a talent opportunity like no other. Yup. When I was in Korea I met a few Taiwanese that my employer poached from Asus, HTC, Be
by hocuspocus 8y ago
> I feel like Taiwan represents a talent opportunity like no other.
Yup.
When I was in Korea I met a few Taiwanese that my employer poached from Asus, HTC, Benq, ...
The state of their tech scene seemed quite dire. They would easily double their salary in Korea, for a pretty similar CoL. Eventually most got fed up with the Korean work culture and left for even higher salaries in... mainland China!
- z2 8y agoA lack of language/cultural barriers would work well for those who go to mainland China. 5-10% of Taiwanese currently reside on the mainland, due largely to China granting long term resident status (with full rights to work and public services) to virtually everyone. It's a masterstroke in increasing ties and knowledge transfer while undermining the island's economy through brain drain.
- kenneth 8y agoYup, that easily fits in the evil genius category
- seanmcdirmid 8y agoPlenty of Taiwanese and Korean and even Japanese SDEs work in the mainland because the pay is much better (this is how it was when I was working at MS China). China is almost second only to the states in programmer salaries.