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I think there are a lot of preconceived notions regarding developing nations. A lot of people who can leave, do leave. I left, for example. However, there are
by gamesbrainiac 6y ago
I think there are a lot of preconceived notions regarding developing nations.
A lot of people who can leave, do leave. I left, for example. However, there are a tonne of people who are super smart, but can't leave because of their ageing parents, or other reasons.
Leaving everything you know behind takes courage, and adapting to a new world, a new life takes a lot out of you. Not everyone wants to leave their loved ones. Furthermore, if you are older, it's even harder.
Funny story, one of the reasons I left Bangladesh is because I used to work for this company that paid me 1/6th of the salary someone else was making in a more developed Asian country. I was doing the same work, succeeding at it too.
However, when I wanted equal pay for equal work, they decided to not renew my contract. Back then, I was young, so I decided to apply abroad, an was luckily accepted. Not everyone can do this, because again, you have family, and responsibilities.
2 months into my new job, my old company begs me to come back, and offers me the salary that was more than I wanted, and an O1 visa sponsorship should I want to go to America.
- comprev 6y agoMost Eastern Europeans I worked with in the Netherlands all had one thing in common - they put the effort in to leave their home countries (Romania, Hungary, Greece, Bulgaria, Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, etc.) and never return. They took all the optional extra courses at school, took as many professional exams as they could afford, and worked on their craft as software engineers to get an opportunity to move to NL, IE or UK.
- gamesbrainiac 6y agoIn Bangladesh, the tried and tested way is to enrol in a master's program and take it from there. Not always something that you can afford though.
- petre 6y agoMostly because they're sick with corruption and politicians in those countries or they hadn't had much to leave behind.
- gamesbrainiac 6y agoEven then, it took my friend 7 years and the death of his father to start thinking about leaving the country. By 7 years, I mean that I've been telling him to leave for 7 years.
- hntrader 6y agoDefinitely agree with the inertia thing. The labor market works in the long-run but isn't frictionless for practical real-world reasons pertaining to personality, personal circumstance, immigration policy and so on.