“I make less than I would have if I’d stayed. Here’s everything I gained that my salary can’t show you,” he wrote.
“That freedom doesn’t show up in comp. “Abroad, everything good was deferred. I’ll build later, I’ll be closer to family later, I’ll live later,” he wrote. “Moving back collapsed the gap between my plans and my life. Someday became a Tuesday. For Chadha, however, the biggest gain was being closer to his parents. Moving back gave him years of ordinary evenings with them. “You can earn more money later. You cannot earn back the years,” he wrote. Take a look:
Because of immigration restrictions, chadha said one of the biggest changes was no longer having to put his life on hold.
“The version of me that stayed is still in a queue, visa, green card, ‘once things are stable,’” he wrote. Leaving the US meant he no longer had to worry about his immigration status when making career decisions, according to him. He said this gave him the freedom to build his own products without constantly wondering whether a new venture could affect his status. It shows up in what you’re allowed to attempt,” he wrote. (Also Read: ‘ ₹ 94,000 gross salary, ₹ 14,000 NPS’: Woman reveals government bank officer salary, lists job perks ) “Proximity compounds,” he wrote, adding that three years of being physically reachable helped him build something that remote interactions could not. He also said moving back helped him stop postponing the things he wanted from life. He said that had he stayed in the US, he might have seen them for only about a week each year.
One person commented, “I have never been to the US, but it feels like moving to a Gulf country for a job. One layoff and it’s game over. Another wrote, “Three years ago, they had only started tightening visa rules, so you made the right decision. You would have struggled anyway. So don’t tell us what you achieved and all that. HT.com has not independently verified the claims and does not endorse them.)
You had no other option but to come back.” (Also Read: Gen Z cleans polluted Ajnar river in MP, shows before-and-after transformation: ‘Sirf videos nahi banaye, kaam bhi kiya’ ) Another commenter simply wrote, “Ujjwal, it’s done, bro…” (Disclaimer: This report is based on user-generated content from social media.
The post drew mixed reactions, with some users relating to his concerns about working abroad on a visa, while others questioned whether he really had a choice.
