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Bro, our states are the size of countries in other parts of the world. You may very well find what makes you happy here. If you don't like a place you can always try your hand at another one.
I have lived in 3 different countries. At least as far as software development is concerned we live in paradise.
Germany or England would be nice, Canada too...oh and Austri...and what about Finland or Sweeden!! Lol i know the world ks beautiful, visiting is one thing, but I dunno man, home is home. -
@AleCx04 There's honestly two states I'd ever live in: NC or Texas.
NC has everything I need:
Beaches, mountains and cities. All with in a few hours of each other (like a max of 6 hours to go from one extreme to the other lol).
And Texas is.... Well Texas lmao. I feel like it's pretty similar to NC for the most part. And Friday night football is dreamy over there. -
@Stuxnet you got my ++ when I read Texas!
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@starrynights89 why don't you travel for one year after graduation and do freelancing projects at the same time.
Go explore countries and their technologies, make friends, and see if you feel comfortable to move to one of them later.
Its way better than having the culture shock when you go to a place where you know no one and never been to and its not your home country. -
@Stuxnet
A little off topic:
You said a few hours then you said around 6 or so hours. For me, and USA outsider it means a lot.
In 6 hours I can go to another country.
I've read that is normal in USA to drive hundreds of miles daily to work and it seems so exhausting! -
@Cryteku yep.seems really exhausting driving so much to work
Here in Cape Town South Africa there's a large probability that your workplace will be within 10-20km from your house/apartment.Although sometimes traffic can make that journey feel long. -
@Cryteku I'm in another state in 45 minutes.
I'm also in one of the largest states.
It takes like 3 hours to get from city to mountain. And 3 from city to beach.
Our states are as big as many countries sooo. -
@Stuxnet it really is a nice place to live. I just love it here. People tell me about other countries sometimed as if the U.S was not comparable. To me this land is fucking beautiful as all hell. We got errthang in terms of climate and some really fucking beautiful escape zones. How couldn't we? The place is really huge
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@Cryteku our cities are really big in some places. Just look at the size of new york, austin, boston, San Antonio(go spurs) or Dallas...fuck Houston. But yeah.
Here in Texas you can drive for days.... And still be in Texas lol. 2 biggest state. -
So, it looks like I'll be hitting age 30 when I finish college, and my heart is torn in two places. On the one hand, a part of me wants to say fuck it and look for a job outside the US, maybe take up a second language. I have the spare time to work at it a couple of hours per day while in school and working on my capstone projects.
But, there's another part of me that says just stay in the homeland and just find a job somewhere in America. This is a huge country with a lot of options for backend/frontend/fullstack development. But I've been doing the same thing and seeing the same sights forever and I'd like something new. But I'm still relatively young and ignorant of countries outside the US. I could end up in more hot water then I bargained for leaving.
I don't know, and that's in a way okay. All I know is I want something different from my status quo. Something that justifies all the education I had to go through.
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