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Ask HN: I want to leave tech: what do I do?

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136 points todsacerdoti | 2 comments | 04 Jul 25 13:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.407s | source
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bradlys ◴[04 Jul 25 14:32 UTC] No.44464907[source]▶
Written by a European.

Reality is - if you’re an American and got into tech and are working for well paying tech companies, you’re not leaving and there’s no escape unless you fatFIRE. This is why FIRE is so big among the Silicon Valley tech crowd. Everyone knows. What’s the alternative for an American tech worker (primarily the people who read HN) who wants to stay where they live, keep a similar quality of living, and not work in toxic faang-esque H1B factories? There ain’t one.

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1. atemerev ◴[04 Jul 25 14:38 UTC] No.44464965[source]▶
Emigration? It is really easy for Americans to move to Europe. If you are Russian, Pakistani or Kenian, that's another story.
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2. injidup ◴[04 Jul 25 15:38 UTC] No.44465466[source]▶
Honesty I don't think USA tech workers would fit with European workplace culture. Imagine some cali crypto bro refugee pulling out his Cheese wiz or bud light in a French startup's Canteen. There would be a riot and then dudes in tractors would be blocking the highways demanding "the government do something"