+ i’m more mobile on the intl job market — US …
+ my investment is mostly in (extremely mobile) tech skills whereas a bigger portion of his investment is PM
+ i’m experienced (and confident) meeting a wide range of employer requirements
+ investing so many years in one job, his experience could be less relevant to another employer than he thinks. Financial dnlg is most standardized, followed by telecom, trading, logistics, e-commerce …
+ that taiwan firm is smaller than many of the non-contract employers in my career — csm, zed, scs, + dotnet has a less stable future than J2EE and Unix
– He’s perhaps on better terms with the people in the company
i can also find a taiwan firm and perhaps get into a PM position.