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I think you should make sure you can leave whenever you want. Look into the growing movement south in the US. WFH will become a real thing, I think.
WFH is not an option for me at my current company, even though i just shit around an excel and various adobe apps. I need to be in the warehouse about 15% of the time but they want me in this warehouse on a computer 100% of the time. and i spent a LOT of money relocating thinking that this salary is massive and i'll make the money back easily.
Then just make sure you can leave China whenever you want. You're probably American.. But you likely won't be targeted but remember that could change fairly quickly.
I don't know. China's a hole but if you earn in the higher brackets (you do, by default) then it's obviously convenient.
yeah, thats the dilemma. although, i will say, after spending the last 6 months east of LA in the inland empire, its just as much of a hole as china is, as shitty as with worst parts of dongguan, except minus the public transportation and a lot more homeless and violent crime. It just is what it is.
China is convenient, but the constant threat that the government could one day take you away and lock you up in a light without so much as letting you know why is always looming
you could try to find a new job out before moving back to China. Plenty of jobs out there right now
i already sunk too much into moving to the inland empire (massive mistake) if had to give that up and start over AGAIN i would rather just do it in china where it's cheap, east, and there is a built in social network for expats