I meant Malaysia though. On the business side, the odds of making a million dollars with an acquirable business is much, much higher than the US. But the odds

I meant Malaysia though. On the business side, the odds of making a million dollars with an acquirable business is much, much higher than the US. But the odds of making a VC backable unicorn is much lower. Jobs also tend to lean that way - just do whatever it takes to deliver. Skill capped low. Salary capped low. Expectations were low. What 99% uptime? The website has to come down for an hour a day for maintenance. There was a lot of untamed land for people who think things could be done just a little better. Also the era when some people were quitting jobs because they think things could be done better in Node.js or Rails than PHP.