I dont think the reddit ideology is necessarily the thing that will stop people as much as the language barrier. We learn European languages growing up and they use mostly the same script so it’s easier for people to imagine moving to Europe. I think Korea is interesting in that sense too because Hangul is pretty easy to learn even if the Korean language itself is not. So I have heard of a bunch of (non Korean) techies moving out there too. Being able to read and write a language even if speaking is difficult for you makes life in another country infinitely easier. If teaching Chinese was more common in schools i bet wed see more migration intrest
The language barrier is definitely a problem, but it’s also worth remembering that a lot of top scientists in US are ethnically Chinese. There’s already been numerous cases of high profile scientists moving to China, and the trend will only accelerate as a result of growing sinophobia. Each expert leaving to China is a big deal because they bring their expertise with them.
I dont disagree with you there. I think here we are talking about people who grew up in the US and what they would do. Maybe that is a bad assumption on my part. I guess there are some smaller number of 2nd or 3rd gen Chinese people who grew up learning Chinese and may have an easier time immigrating to China than anyone else would.
I do think that educated people who won’t have interest in moving to the global south will likely still choose to leave the US and move to other global north countries. That’s still going to cause harm to US tech sector in the long run.
I dont think the reddit ideology is necessarily the thing that will stop people as much as the language barrier. We learn European languages growing up and they use mostly the same script so it’s easier for people to imagine moving to Europe. I think Korea is interesting in that sense too because Hangul is pretty easy to learn even if the Korean language itself is not. So I have heard of a bunch of (non Korean) techies moving out there too. Being able to read and write a language even if speaking is difficult for you makes life in another country infinitely easier. If teaching Chinese was more common in schools i bet wed see more migration intrest
The language barrier is definitely a problem, but it’s also worth remembering that a lot of top scientists in US are ethnically Chinese. There’s already been numerous cases of high profile scientists moving to China, and the trend will only accelerate as a result of growing sinophobia. Each expert leaving to China is a big deal because they bring their expertise with them.
I dont disagree with you there. I think here we are talking about people who grew up in the US and what they would do. Maybe that is a bad assumption on my part. I guess there are some smaller number of 2nd or 3rd gen Chinese people who grew up learning Chinese and may have an easier time immigrating to China than anyone else would.
I do think that educated people who won’t have interest in moving to the global south will likely still choose to leave the US and move to other global north countries. That’s still going to cause harm to US tech sector in the long run.
But also a chance for their former coworkers to be hired there