Skilled Immigrants Leaving the U.S. - A Vivek Wadhwa Article
Here’s a report of how skilled immigrants are leaving the US for better opportunities and better quality of life. It is a well written report that covers almost all points. And some of the numbers are amazing - “Despite the fact that they constitute only 12% of the U.S. population, immigrants have started 52% of Silicon Valley’s technology companies and contributed to more than 25% of our global patents. They make up 24% of the U.S. science and engineering workforce holding bachelor’s degrees and 47% of science and engineering workers who have PhDs. Immigrants have co-founded firms such as Google (GOOG), Intel (INTC), eBay (EBAY), and Yahoo! (YHOO).”
It isnt all rosy back home the report says - “Indians complained of traffic and congestion, lack of infrastructure, excessive bureaucracy, and pollution.”
Cannot agree more. Irrespective of anything, it is the bureaucracy that has been the most frustrating. I have had to handle many a paper work of late. Applying for a ration card, applying for an LPG connection, getting a voter’s ID card, applying for my dad’s death certificate, helping my mom pay her property tax, not looking forward to the paper work involved in transferring the house from my dad’s name to my mom’s. I considered writing a post for each of these procedures. But the drudgery of the processes themselves prevented me from blogging about them. And in comparison the ease with which we were able to do our paper work in the US. Of course, it is a pointless comparison. The traffic and everyday living arent as frustrating as knocking on Government office doors.
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