Same goes for Germany and countries that provide a high quality of life for their people.
I understand the idea, but there is a reason people want to leave places that are "broken".
I also think you underestimate how much effort it takes to really start over and become properly integrated in a new country. It is a very enticing prospect for many to side-step this issue entirely and still get an almost unfathomable salary for some countries.
Not sure what your point is. How do you think people shape their opinions and perceptions on things if not via media and the internet?
What would this “reality check” consist of? I would move to the US for a number of years just so I can determine whether I want to move there? Should I read the collected works of David Foster Wallace?
It’s perception we’re talking about here. It doesn’t have to be rational nor accurate.
Remote is a great opportunity and one I've used at every company I've built. But, the thing that draws global talent is money, and American companies have all the money. If anything this is going to hurt local companies who can't compete for top talent hiring out of the USA :)
I will note, i think Canada is doing a great job of being pro-immigrant in a way the USA can't and American companies are opening lots of offices and hiring there.
I don’t really understand. Why would I disregard “the dysfunction”? That’s very much at the core of what shapes the rest of the worlds perception of the US.
Agree on the second point though. It does (potentially) globalise the job market quite a bit.
The power of the American narrative is huge.
I know so many devs in Brazil who want to live to USA or Germany, as well as many other places. Those places have problems at a much higher level than our current stuff.
High level of crime, too much politics, education too expensive, healthcare too expensive, no public pension funds.
But the key point being narrative around the American dream, freedom of religion/expression, and all the other things I mentioned. Moving to a new place and taking a risk is a feeling based decision. Sure we might dress it up with some logic, but at the end of the day the USA has soft power in spades.
From a EU-centric perspective the soft power the US have is not that strong.
But, globally brand America's brand is quite strong still. And that is my point, don't forget how powerful that brand has been for the last 100 years. It doesn't disappear overnight.
How has it rapidly declined? Please list the ways. I don't necessarily disagree, but I am curious.
#1 Western Governors University (WGU) North Carolina 121,437
#2 Southern New Hampshire University New Hampshire 104,068
#3 Grand Canyon University Arizona 90,253
#4 Liberty University Virginia 79,152
#5 Ivy Tech Community College - Central Indiana Indiana 72,006
The USA is very affordable if you look outside of SF/NY and compare it to Western Europe (esp with tech pay). What are you comparing it too?
Agreed Panama is a bad example, but not Croatia - it's politically stable, and I don't believe many people leave because of corruption.
The average salary of a millenial is $47k a year, average millennial household makes $71k. The average mortgage payment in the USA is $1,487 ($18k over a year). So 25% to 38% of salary right? I think I did that right but feel free to clarify. Seems doable right?
I think the USA is a mess, especially for millennials but when you look at the housing market in Europe for average salaries we are doing really well overall: https://www.statista.com/statistics/237529/price-to-income-r...
Very few people immigrate from anywhere. It is very hard. I don't think people leave because of corruption, my point being they have higher levels than the USA: https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2020/index/nzl
It is very normal to rent your whole life, especially in big cities. Renter laws are very strong. House ownership is higher in rich, rural parts of the country (think south of Munich), so this skews the average house price. Also the quality floor is much higher than in the US, pushing up average prices. $20k trailer park homes simply do not exist in Germany.
This statement feels like it requires a lot of justification. I work for a large company, we are happy to hire out of Europe, SA, or anywhere else so long as they can work on their team's time zone. We are willing to beat basically any offer you'd imagine getting in those areas and hiring is still hard, qualified and experienced people are a rarity.
When thinking about "overvaluing talent" it's worth remembering that just 5 years ago the big tech companies actively conspired to keep pay down because margins on developers making 120-150k were just insanely high[0].
[0] https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2015/01/16/37...
Agreed, America's biggest problem is that 40% of Americans believe they are #1 at everything :). We should be stealing ideas left and right from other countries and instead we are stagnating under the belief that only we know how to do things.
I’m sorry, what? Ask anyone in NYC what they think of the corruption. Ask them if they feel that the taxes they pay are put to a good use. Ask what they think of MTA, of the unions, of the mafia connections.
And ask any expat what they think of lobbying, a.k.a. legal corruption.
A waist high pile of poop is much different from one the size of a skyscraper. I am not saying it doesn't have aspects of corruption, but it is low and solid resources on the local and national level to constantly investigate and make cases.
Legalizing corruption through lobbying is a good move. There are other options but better than keeping it underground.
Corruption in Romania and other Eastern European countries is more generalized in the sense that there is more small corruption. Corruption cases in US are more serious.
Not backed up by a lot of companies/orgs/data... https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2020/index/rou https://risk-indexes.com/global-corruption-index/ https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/corruption-index