Has anyone moved into a country with a communist gov from a capitalist one?
Has anyone moved into a country with a communist gov from a capitalist one?
I'm curious about your stories. In my other thread about thinking of moving to Japan because of their population decline people suggested communist countries. I personally don't consider it at the moment because, to my knowledge, they have a stable population growth so my housing issue wouldn't be easier to resolve. Nevertheless, I'm eager to listen to your stories. :)
Language is the biggest one, it all depends on what languages you know, that will determine how much you’ll succeed. Chinese, Spanish, Vietnamese, and so on. If you don’t know a language, Spanish is by far the easiest of the current AES languages to learn. This will be the make or break as to how well you’ll be able to integrate and live in any country.
Also population growth doesn’t really amount to much. Housing, food, living expenses, and so on are determined more by how well the country is doing, and how much you’re needed.
Not only just for AES countries, but if you can provide a niche skill set or service to any country that needs it, they will bend over backwards to accommodate you. Are you a nuclear physicist, industrial engineer, neurosurgeon, supply chain administrator, capitalist with large investment potential, or any other high demand profession? In those cases any country will make sure you’re very VERY comfortable. If you’re a cashier… sadly you’ll most likely be left behind the door.
Does this only apply to STEM fields? Or are there people with a university level education in other subjects that would also be in high demand?
I was just giving the most generic ones since stem is usually the highest in demand, but you would have to do research into each specific country. Needs fluctuate, and different jobs jump and fall in priority. Other university level jobs are commonly in demand as well, but it’s a lot more finicky and circumstantial then for example STEM careers.
Basically, the rule of thumb is that a job generally will be in high demand if it is inherently useful to the progress of a country, it is extremely time consuming and difficult to train enough specialists domestically, and the job will translate across cultural, language, and sociological lines.
That’s why STEM careers are extremely valuable since they check all three of those boxes, since for example a nuclear engineer is indispensable for the construction of new power plants, it takes close to a decade of education and years of experience, and physics and math are universal.
However while STEM is the most obvious, the needs of an individual country at a certain time vary significantly, so it’s worth it to always be on the lookout if you have a skill set that can be considered useful for a country. For example, artistry is a big foreign career field as well, along with diplomatic staff, international business, and so on.
Non STEM fields are generally less in demand. Though English(and to a lesser extent other languages) teachers who are native speakers can get visas relatively easily to some countries. The impression I've gotten living in different countries is that for non STEM and non language you'd need at least a master's to be kind of in demand.
That said if you have a non STEM degree but canactually do the work in a STEM field you can get a visa.
I live in Japan and have been here for over 28 years. Also I am a nominal members of the Kyosanto (Japanese communist party). I attend rallies and have communist posters hanging outside the house.
Study hard, you can do it. Japan has a rightwing shithead government at the moment but kids are waking up here and hopefully we can change things.
but kids are waking up here and hopefully we can change things.
Interesting you say this, I thought Japanese people were all about "The nail that sticks out will be hammered down"?
Also, Hikikomoris.
Nice! I'm getting more and more fedup with the country I'm currently in so I'll definitely look into Japan more seriously as the time goes.