[Akula]

(04-19-2013 08:01 AM)Vitriol Wrote:  

Check out this article: http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/0...wyer-jobs/

You're probably better off just writing that career option off as a loss if you stay in the U.S.. Try to use your skills to do something else.

(04-19-2013 07:36 AM)Akula Wrote:  

Ha ha...I guess the American Dream is dead? As guy who grew up in the US I think in many ways it is, and it's only getting worse - that's part of the reason why I moved to Russia.

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I think it is too. No one really does anything here anymore outside of their responsibilities aside from rotting away in front of a TV or computer. Even when people go out they just sit around pounding away on their phones.

True, and the job situation is worse than the left-leaning, politically correct mainstream media make it out to be. You basically have many white collar jobs either being completely outsourced or so intensely competed for that there's no way to make a career of it. And even if you could would you want to in DC? NYC still rocks, but even there the finance world is much tougher to break into these days. So many people have dropped out of the labor force too, but are ready to come back at a moment's notice if they find a job.

(04-16-2013 10:55 AM)chamele0n Wrote:  

As about the women: I understand that the US has 300M people. I have lived in a good few cities, big and small, in the US and kept statistics on the number of mostly humiliating approaches I needed to do to get laid. It doesn't change much throughout the country. I don't know if it's the brainwashing from the TV that tells women every guy is a potential rapist and pervert or what, but that country is just hopeless. I feel I would be disrespecting myself by spending another minute gaming American women. I can't say my experience was much different with Canadian women.

Why do you think video games and pornography are so popular among American men? Putting up with bullshit from American females isn't enjoyable. It's merely something American men tolerate if they want to get laid occasionally... which kind of takes the fun out of the whole process.

Particulary when the ones you have to 'put up with' are demanding, fat and high maintenance career-focused jerks who add little value to your life and in any LTR/marriage scenario are a huge downside what with the divorce laws. It's very dangerous for a successful, wealthy man to get married in the US. And because large age-gap dating is seriously frowned upon there, you lose 2/3 of the dating pool you can have in Russia, EE, Asia, S. America etc.

The more I think about this I just think it's a no-brainer and Chameleon you need to try your luck in Russia. You have a bit of a unique skillset with your Russian language ability and legal/finance background, one that many firms would at least want to check out with an interview I think. Althought this place could get risky fast, the upside is great, and any EM experience you get will be transferable globally I think. You will pay less in taxes which should help even out the high costs, and the situation with the ladies will greatly increase your quality of life, even if you don't have every little convenience you have in the US or Western Europe. The only other option I might take other than moving here asap is if you got a high-paying job at a major lawfirm or investment bank in NYC. NYC is an awesome place to be, esp in your 30s. London banking is pretty dead right now but that would also be a good gig, and closer to EE ladies, but tougher to get now with the sitaution in the UK and the EU.