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The US's Reverse Brain Drain

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the laugha-while-you-cana-monkey-boy dept.

We may have to rethink the assumption that Silicon Valley is the hotbed of innovation in which all the world's best and brightest want to work and live. TechCrunch has a piece by an invited expert on the reverse brain drain already evident and growing in the US as Indian, Chinese, and European students and workers in the US plan to return home, or already have. From an extensive interview with Chinese and Indian workers who had already left: "We learned that these workers returned in their prime: the average age of the Indian returnees was 30 and the Chinese was 33. They were really well educated: 51% of the Chinese held masters degrees and 41% had PhDs. Among Indians, 66% held a masters and 12% had PhDs. These degrees were mostly in management, technology, and science. ... What propelled them to return home? Some 84% of the Chinese and 69% of the Indians cited professional opportunities. And while they make less money in absolute terms at home, most said their salaries brought a 'better quality of life' than what they had in the US. ... A return ticket home also put their career on steroids. About 10% of the Indians polled had held senior management jobs in the US. That number rose to 44% after they returned home. Among the Chinese, the number rose from 9% in the US to 36% in China."

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  1. moore's law is "reversing" too by Blue+Shifted · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    don't tell Kurzweil, but all of tech is slowing down.... especially the most glorified moore's law (i know, i know, it's not a law, and it's about circuit density, etc)

    i've been monitoring different computer performance benchmarks over the years, and back in the days up to the P4, double times were about thirty months. now they are up to three years, or more.

    the heartrate of the dream is what is slowing down....

  2. Re:Who says this is a bad thing? by adolf · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Note to mods: There is no "-1, Disagree" moderation on Slashdot. So, just because you disagree with it, doesn't mean that you should pick some other random negative moderation instead. I'm not trolling; I'm stating a very real opinion, and presenting it as such in a very concise way.

    Yet, the comment is currently marked as -1, Troll.

    Sometimes, I think the mods here are as bigoted as anyone else on Slashdot, only more cowardly.

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