Should I leave Singapore?
I'm 25M, I'd say I'm struggling abit here, Job market going down and global competition has definitely made things harder for me. I'd say I'm in the middle, I'm not that talented and not that incompetent. I've tried a few jobs since I graduated and it's hard to find a strong footing. My work is either offshored, or the workload is insane because if not then I'm not worth my salary (averaging 4~5k)
I'm married with someone living in the EU, western europe.
I'm considering between moving her here or I go there to start a new life. She's okay with either.
If we move there, we're gonna aim hard for cities - Paris, Luxembourg, Amsterdam, Brussels, Geneva. These places have work in english or French usually and it's what we know language wise.
London is out of the EU so that's not an option
Only thing that really sucks is leaving my parents and friends behind.
But I feel at least for the next 5 to 10 years I want to grow and set a home base career wise. I'm in tech and finance.
I've tried these jobs mostly in startup/SME environments. I can't seem to get a decent MNC to take me beyond an internship. Currently I'm trying to get better pay than internship as I'm saving up for settling down. So I've worked blue collar jobs when im out of office roles. Because averaging 3k isn't really that bad if I'm frugal.
The point I'm making is that I forsee that it'll take alot more time and effort than what we're used to before to get our footing and establish stability in SG. I just don't have that dumb luck to score that fast career wise, and I've tried
I'm just trying to figure out if it's worth the risk to do this outside of SG, considering that overseas too it's getting harder.
Or should she come by? It's a tough decision and it's many years of commitment.
I'm just having a sense of uncertainty and anxiety over this.
So I'm at a crossroads here. I will have to "suck it" and do literally ANYTHING to get by and gain experience and climb even if slowly. I accept that.
But where should I do this? Does anyone have advice for whether SG or EU is a better place for me to struggle,work my ass off, and hopefully get by with just enough?
