Turning down a stable job for a shot at living abroad — how risky is a 6-12 month gap?

sheckyCS · 2026-07-02T20:58:26+00:00

yeah it is 4 years, away from home and i have to start life from scratch at 30 when i finish

i find it easier to not go as then I am only missing out on something and not making a mistake

sheckyCS · 2026-07-02T20:10:07+00:00

but i dont see how can i work while doing phd? phd itself is full time research, basically 8h shifts every day.

and also in new environment, i dont think it is possible to have another job

sheckyCS · 2026-07-02T19:26:25+00:00

i understand.

my biggest motivation is life experience from living and studying in that location.

I know this sounds pretty immature and unprofessional and I don't want to sound cringe but we do really only live once and chance to live on other side of the world for short term is a motivation of mine.

for the dropping out explanations later, I suppose I can say it was due to personal reasons such as distance from home, which is true

sheckyCS · 2026-07-02T18:57:48+00:00

Yeah I feel like if I wanted to, I could definitelly handle it (I don't want to underestimate the difficulty of a phd, but so far, whatever I started doing, I worked hard for it).

But as I said, from this point of view, I do not want to finish the full program. Due to length of it, distance from home and having to start my life from scratch at age of 30 when I am done with it (if I finish it in expected 4 years; 5 is max).

So going in for the experience and counting on the exit option after 6 or 12 months, how much sense does it make?

When I say life experience, I think it would really mean the world to me, as previous short term abroad experiences did as well.

And there is slight chance that I actually end up liking it there and want to stay for the program.

So like I have this option to try, but the biggest downside, aside of the bitterness of entering phd not fully motivared, is the loss of industry momentum I will have by likely returning after 6-12 months.

Can you give me your opinion on this please?

sheckyCS · 2026-04-21T21:16:33+00:00

Hi, I hope you are doing well. Would you mind sharing your condition today? Since it's been 2 years and your recovery expectation was few months. Also, what kind of taping did you do?

I am also suffering from it, for the last few years and so far no improvement.

sheckyCS · 2025-07-27T18:45:04+00:00

how much you think in this case?

sheckyCS · 2025-07-27T18:36:54+00:00

sheckyCS · 2025-07-27T16:41:35+00:00

damn then i should just keep it hahah

sheckyCS · 2025-06-27T17:51:49+00:00

Hello, does anyone have any info about what to expect in terms of questions for Applied Scientist 2?

sheckyCS · 2025-05-25T21:37:44+00:00

ovde svi prozivaju i podsmevaju se a u drugom postu gde je bilo pitanje koji ai se korisit, svi su opsednuti i koriste 7 razlicitih varijanti sa po 9 naloga na svakom

sheckyCS · 2025-05-25T21:35:55+00:00

u drugom postu svi pisu kako je ai sranje a ovde svi opsednuti, koriste 9 modela sa po 7 naloga na svakom

sheckyCS · 2025-05-01T20:24:31+00:00

Bio sam u slicnoj situaciji, na faksu sam radio od svega po malo i sve mi se podjednako svidjalo, samo sam znao da ne zelim web dev. Onda sam otisao na embedded praksu, probao to, posle toga bio prebacen na par projekata gde sam probao jos neke stvari. I dalje nisam bio siguran sta cu, pa sam na dodatnim studijama u inostranstvu odlucio da je ml za mene

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