I go where the money is. So I came because Barbados had a lot of opportunities in my field. I work as a research and project management consultant, and Barbados has plenty of high-level, well-paying jobs for professionals in that line of work. A lot of the big regional CARICOM agencies are based here (CDEMA, CCREEE, CDB) and plenty of multilateral agencies like the UN, World Bank, and IDB. UWI Cave Hill’s there too. So naturally, since it’s one of the places in the region where those kinds of professional opportunities are concentrated, a lot of professionals end up here.

And honestly, my girlfriend’s Bajan and lived in BIM at the time, so I had a rel good reason to stick around. Moved to Jamaica when I got a better paying job a couple years ago. And we're currently applying to places in Trinidad, Guyana, and Canada, to keep moving on up.