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I’ve heard the path to getting a professorship in China after getting a PhD in the US was basically a sure thing, and could be used as a backup plan if the cush
by hedora 3y ago
I’ve heard the path to getting a professorship in China after getting a PhD in the US was basically a sure thing, and could be used as a backup plan if the cushy US industry job path didn’t work out (or as a zero-risk plan if you wanted to move back home).
Now, it’s the opposite; people with hard-to-obtain visas get stranded in the US because the job market back home is too competitive for them.
This is great for China, but terrible for the US.
We need to bring the US education system back up to modern standards so that more Americans succeed in industry, and we also need to again make it a no-brainer for skilled workers to stay here.
- 11101010001100 3y agoThis is compensated by immigrants from other countries choosing to stay in the US.
- alephnerd 3y agoLots of Chinese (like my friends) who studied in the US would have preferred to stay in the US, but began facing hurdles around employment, visas, and background checks. The headaches became to much so they "decided" to move back to China because at least they could earn a US level salary, or move to Chinese adjacent countries like Singapore. My friend did research in condensed matter physics with semiconductor applications, but no lab in the US would hire him due to National Security reasons. Now he works for an organization "supposedly" part of the Chinese MIC.