Re:The last days of Silicon Roundabout
by PaulDavisThe1st on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @03:45AM
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I moved from the UK to the US 32 years ago (as a developer).
The most important thing to understand about actual life here is that while all the things you mention are true, real aspects of the USA, they are not necessarily notable aspects of your own day to day life here.
The US is enormously varied in terms of climate, geography, political inclinations, cost of living, and public provisioning. By choosing somewhat carefully, you can find yourself in a situation that either stares your list in the face, or makes it seem like a distant roar somewhere far over the horizon. A couple of years ago, I moved from Philadelphia (after 23 years there) to a small village in NM. This is a far greater change in my way of life and my experience of life than moving from the UK to the US ever was.
It is true that in the US you are essentially forced into more self-reliance for a number of aspects of your own well-being in a way that seems crazy from a UK/EU perspective. Most developers will do well enough to not suffer dramatically from this "design", but the question of other's suffering under it may come up, as might bad luck.
The most important thing to understand about actual life here is that while all the things you mention are true, real aspects of the USA, they are not necessarily notable aspects of your own day to day life here.
The US is enormously varied in terms of climate, geography, political inclinations, cost of living, and public provisioning. By choosing somewhat carefully, you can find yourself in a situation that either stares your list in the face, or makes it seem like a distant roar somewhere far over the horizon. A couple of years ago, I moved from Philadelphia (after 23 years there) to a small village in NM. This is a far greater change in my way of life and my experience of life than moving from the UK to the US ever was.
It is true that in the US you are essentially forced into more self-reliance for a number of aspects of your own well-being in a way that seems crazy from a UK/EU perspective. Most developers will do well enough to not suffer dramatically from this "design", but the question of other's suffering under it may come up, as might bad luck.