China's rising tech scene threatens US brain drain as ‘sea turtles’ return home

Re:China's rising tech scene threatens US brain drain as ‘se... by imhoguy on Monday July 15, 2019 @02:17PM (#20443579)

Remote work will take it even further with remote salaries exploding. Being underdog in expensive 1st world country vs living like a king while telecommuting from mother's country - no brainer. And human rights become a minority problem. Harsh but real.

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Re:China's rising tech scene threatens US brain drain as ‘se... by mycall on Monday July 15, 2019 @10:27PM (#20447024)

Any pro tips to go remote?

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Re:China's rising tech scene threatens US brain drain as ‘se... by blaser-waffle on Tuesday July 16, 2019 @09:35AM (#20449858)

What imhoguy said, with particular emphasis on networking. Once you go remote it's hard to stay remote -- networking and having contacts is a must.

The take away from the networking thing is Trust. You need to be able to demonstrate you can be trusted, that you're not secretly a bunch of kids in a trenchcoat or a fake, Western-sounding name that's a front end for a few Vietnamese kids putting out shit-tier code.

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Re:China's rising tech scene threatens US brain drain as ‘se... by imhoguy on Tuesday July 16, 2019 @01:27AM (#20447681)

Go abroad, build street cred and network, go back, keep in touch with people.

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