I just wrapped up a consulting project in South Korea and I'm back in the US. It was probably one of the best experiences in my life. I was there for almost a year and I miss it. My client wants me to join them from my firm and I was considering it. I know their work life balance isn't the best but I worked with their team and it was a global company so it wasn't the typical Korean work culture. The hiring manager was the project sponsor so we're on good terms.

The main thing is salary cut, but also during my time, I surprisingly rarely met anyone working any American working as a consultant. I met maybe 2 developers, and the rest were teachers. No offence but a good portion of them just seemed like they became teachers just to date Koreans, both men and women. Just had a hard time clicking with them beyond drinking, just felt like there was a fundamental difference in terms of life and career outlook..…