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I can't stop thinking that this seemingly nice story is in fact the story of a failure. How many employees did learn Thai? How many did decide there was no bett
by gbog 12y ago
I can't stop thinking that this seemingly nice story is in fact the story of a failure. How many employees did learn Thai? How many did decide there was no better place for them and stayed there? How many did find their so in this island? Why didn't the whole team stay there indefinitely?
I say that as a French who decided ten years ago that China was my place, learnt the language, married a Chinese woman and have kids and job in Beijing with no special return plan.
- socialist_coder 12y agoYour goal was completely different. They like living in Spain / wherever else they live. They also like travelling to other countries. They're taking a vacation and working from a new place, for a short time. They don't want to live there.
- byoung2 12y agoIt also may not be possible to live there permanently and work because of visa and residency restrictions. I wanted to move to the Philippines a few years back (my wife is from Manila), but in researching I found it would be difficult to live and work there as a US citizen. There are classes of visa that allow you to live there and start companies (e.g. SIRV [1]), but they usually require a large deposit (~$75,000 USD) and a lot of strict requirements. There is also a retirees visa (SRRV [2]) which is a little cheaper ($20,000 locked in for duration or $50,000 convertible to domestic investment), but you have to be 35 or older (which I am as of 2 months ago). 1. http://philippinevisalawyer.com/?q=special-investor-resident-visa-sirv http://philippinevisalawyer.com/?q=special-investor-resident... 2. http://www.pra.gov.ph/main/srrv_program?page=1 http://www.pra.gov.ph/main/srrv_program?page=1
- gbog 12y agoI didn't have the goal to be swallowed by China the first time I went there, I just was.
- nicholasdrake 12y ago哇塞！