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by sleekstrike 1728 days ago
Here are a bunch of options you can explore:

- You are young and skilled, apply for a Canadian PR under express entry and move to Canada. Better work/life balance, better pay and better opportunities.

- Keep learning new stuff everyday. If you stop learning in the technology space you become obsolete pretty quickly.

- Work in the blockchain space and by extension in open source software. You are good at Go, contribute to Go Ethereum Client.

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I got a question about Canadian PR.

Do I need to have a Canadian job offer before I apply for PR?

Assuming that I don't have a job offer, and I end up getting a PR anyway, then do I just fly to Canada and hunt for jobs there? It scares me to just go to a country without a job offer in hand.

From what I understand, getting a PR becomes easier if I already have a job offer. And conversely, getting a job offer is easier if I'm a permanent resident. It's like a chicken and egg problem :)

Also, my mindset has been that, if I'm taking the trouble to move to a different country for a job, that job better be an excellent job. But I also understand that I can get into a less excellent job in the beginning, and then look for other awesome jobs.

(Also, I'm not implying that there's anything "less" about a less exciting job; all I meant is that I don't have to move to Canada (or anywhere else) if I'm just going to end up being a Laravel developer, which I currently am).

Lots of uncertainties.

Also, if one is toying with the idea of moving countries, what are some other places a person in my shoes should consider moving to?

If you didn't like USA Canada wouldn't be different.
Why not?