An Indian techie working as a software engineer in the US consulted the internet on Friday as he planned a return home after eight years abroad \u2014 prompting a mixed response. The Reddit user explained that he looking to relocate within a year in order to be closer to his family and to \u2018prioritise his health\u2019. He also cited \u201cvisa restrictions and constant inability to travel home\u201d as well as extreme stress at work as reasons for the decision.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am a 33-year-old single gay guy planning to return to India by end of year or by next year. No kids and parents are doing well financially. I do not own an apartment in India. I work as a software engineer currently,\u201d the lengthy update began. <\/p>\n
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The update was posted on the r\/ReturnToIndia subreddit and outlined a plan to take some time off before relocating to Bengaluru for work. The user explained that he had saved up around Rs 5 crore while seeking financial advice from fellow Redditors.<\/p>\n
\u201cI plan to spend some time at home and then move to Bangalore. I know traffic sucks there and all the water and flooding issues but so far it is the only city I could short that is close to home (Kerala), has ample job opportunities and has at least some level of LGBT tolerance. I do not intend to buy an apartment right away. I plan to rent for a year to see if I actually like it,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n
He also sought relocation advice \u2014 explaining to others on the social media platform that he was eyeing Bengaluru as the best option. The Kerala-origin Redditor said he was also considering Kochi, Coimbatore and Chennai as possible alternatives while Pune and Hyderabad were slightly farther. <\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t plan to work at least for a year. After that, I will look for jobs. Will the one year break be an issue? I don\u2019t have any defined plans for what I will do if not for software so I may just end up finding a coding job in Bengaluru and the toxic work culture gives me anxiety,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The post evoked a mixed reaction on the social media platform with several users advising against a return to India while others lent vehement support to the plan. Several people on the thread also urged him to share follow-up posts as they were contemplating a similar decision. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Indian techie working as a software engineer in the US consulted the internet on Friday as he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":166878,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3090],"tags":[51,1700,2511,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-166877","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-economy","10":"tag-reddit","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114646242209233382","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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