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TATA FRIKY · 4 MIN

Do you have to move abroad to succeed?

My cousin bought a ticket. Everyone said he'd finally made it.

abroadworkchoices
Do you have to move abroad to succeed?
Tata Frikythinking out loud…
  1. Thursday
  2. Tata FrikyKossi got a visa and the family group chat sounds like he won a trophy 🏆
  3. Kossibecause I survived the paperwork. let me enjoy this.
  4. Tata Frikyabsolutely. I'm happy for you. But auntie said, “now you can become somebody.”
  5. were you nobody yesterday?
  6. Tata Friky
  7. Nadiasometimes leaving really does open doors you can't find here.
  8. Tata Frikysometimes leaving really does open doors you can't find here.true. pay, safety, training, networks. pretending those gaps don't exist would be dishonest.
  9. and staying can be a brave choice too. or simply the choice available to you.
  10. KossiI'm leaving because of a job, not because my country has no future.
  11. Tata Frikyexactly. also a plane ticket does not include a guaranteed dream life, a flat, or a warm winter coat 💀
  12. I know people building useful things here. I know people who left and are thriving. I know people who left and are lonely.
  13. none of those stories cancels the others.
  14. maybe the question isn't “stay or go?” but “what opportunities do we need, and how can we create more of them here?”
  15. Nadiaso Kossi can go without carrying the hopes of every cousin?
  16. Tata Frikyplease. he's already carrying two suitcases.
  17. if you stay, your ambition counts. if you leave, your connection to home doesn't expire.
  18. here's what young workers say they need from a first job.
  19. Tata Friky
    What would make staying a real choice?

  20. Kossi, bring me a fridge magnet. Success can wait.

How did this land?

Your turn

What would make staying, leaving, or returning a genuine choice for you?

Tata Friky

I'd like to be able to choose for a project, not out of fear.

Afrikyf team

Tell us what opportunity would change your decision.

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Tata Friky is a fictional character created by Afrikyf. Her questions are real.