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Then why do so many engineers come to work in the US?
by pkaye 6y ago
Then why do so many engineers come to work in the US?
- irrational 6y agoIs this still the case?
- MiroF 6y agoYes? As long as the pay differences are what they are, why wouldn't it be?
- irrational 6y agoI thought the Trump administration was working overtime to limit HB1, immigration,etc.
- ThePadawan 6y agoGood question. I don't personally know any, so here's pure conjecture, and please read it as such. I'm totally open for feedback! (I'm internally sort-of answering "Why wouldn't you move to Germany?" since that is where I was born) * English is easy. It's probably already required to become an engineer. So you move to an English-speaking country. * Everything is cheap. Labor is cheap, bureaucracy is low. If you dream about starting your own company/idea/dream some time, the US seems like the place to do it. * The people have a reputation of being easy-going (if superficial) and the country is already culturally mixed. You're not going to stand out. * It is culturally dominating. Name any piece of popular media that was made in the last 50 years and chances are 95% that it's American. That's not a good reason, but I would say it's a strong biasing factor.