Comments by "Matthew Nirenberg" (@matthewnirenberg) on "I Made a Mistake" video.

  1. As someone who had to work out how to "get out of a name-brand country" without having a lot of money behind me, here's the secret: * Serious education in a traditional field (engineering, science, medicine, etc.) * Must know at least two languages (five preferred) * Be a self-taught programmer (or formally trained programmer) * Must have a good background in enterprise IT / datacentre administration * Must know damn near all software relevant to your skills and qualifications * Must be able to have a "unique skill" that sets you apart from others - this is so a "local market test" will fail (its required for companies when sponsoring work visas) * Must have broad skills in marketing, graphics design and video editing (You have to be as much of a "swiss army knife" as possible - the more skills and experience you have the better - i.e. the more valuable you are professionally) If you can wrangle all this together, you need to network with as many people as possible and try to find a business/HNWI/etc. to "take you under their wing". They need to be willing to help you gain experience, connections, visas (usually by working for them), and if they want your skills enough - to help fund you to the point they can benefit from your skills. Unless you're lucky enough to be a US citizen (at least to start your journey), you're going to be stuffed trying to "get out" on your own thanks to over regulation, licensure as a barrier to entry and the literal costs of "getting out". If you're lucky enough to be a US citizen, there's plenty of things you can do in the US with just experience (depending on the state) and there's the legal ability to "learn on the job under supervision of someone who knows what they're doing" (depending on the state). Outside the USA, everything is licences, permits, qualifications - you can't do anything without jumping the world of hoops; there is no "learning on the job" if unqualified for the job. Sometimes instead of trying to find someone who can "take you under their wing", you have to get your best friends to help you. This could be any of the following: * Teaching you skills (programming, IT, graphics design, video editing, languages, etc.) * Helping reduce some of the costs - i.e. pooling money so you can "get out" - then once out, you pool money to help them "get out" * Help research places, costs, opportunities, etc. TLDR: Simply put, if you aren't a HNWI, you're not going to be able to do it on your own as the only way to "do it on your own" is usually to throw money at the problem (i.e. CBI, residence based on investment, buy a business, etc.). The only options are to find someone who can "take you under their wing" or to work with your best friends to achieve "getting out" as its not generally possible as a non-HNWI on your own.
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