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Hardly any reason to return to the emperor. To quote Wikipedia if I may:

> The Records of the Grand Historian says he came to a place with "flat plains and wide swamps" (平原廣澤) and proclaimed himself king, never to return.

> Ancient scholars credited Xu Fu for being the founding father, and catalyst of the development of ancient Japanese society.

We might as well imagine a company you work for that is trustworthy and does none of the spy/sell data business. And also imagine that the product of the company has been rapidly replacing a million jobs in 5 years and creating merely 200 different jobs in San Francisco demanding higher level of education. A bit extreme but I don’t think it’s unimaginable. Would you feel the same if I may ask?

There exits and now there’s a new word “Techlash”

This is an area that should have been discussed or mentioned in the article.

Read the whole article and it sounds a lot like the life of a tech worker. You’re expected to be expert at multiple technical areas as well as team work and management skills. They pay you quite well but I think the company also love the idea of senior engineers + more automation + less manning

It’s about the right of the current residents versus the right of the potential residents. The latter include their children, millennials and even younger generations.

You post the question because you know that it's a privilege that won't last forever. What if the company eliminate the position in 3 months? What if that's going to take 3 years? How can your future interviewers measure your capabilities and contribution here?

Meanwhile this uncertainty would end up eating more time of yours.

If it was happening to myself, I would look for other opportunities within the company or outside of the company while the situation lasts.

A friend of mine told me that life is never easy. If it is, someone else must be taking care of things for you.

Maybe your are still navigating the work culture in the company/region. Try to figure out how much they expect from their employees. If it’s unreasonably high, don’t blame yourself too much. Otherwise, try to have a constructive conversation with your peers and your manager. Hope you could find someone to talk to :)

Start to think about what matters to you and what deeply interests you.

Maybe the answer is something offline.

(Group running)

Forrest Gump: “I’m tired. I think I’m gonna go home”

The followers: “What are we supposed to do?”

I know a similar story of a semi-homeless man also from Chengdu who have been living in a university campus and attending advanced math classes for years. A guy with virtually no possessions except curiosity. It was pre-internet so only locals knew about him. The university even offered him a job in the cafeteria so he could feed himself.