Thank you so much for this post! I really enjoyed reading it :) Although I am lucky to come from a country with a large community (Germany), many of your points resonate with me!
Especially the points about the implicit assumption that everyone could/should move to US/UK for a job and how people tend to finish university later (as it is free and you thus have less time pressure).
From my experience, the focus on US/UK can be very intimidating if you can’t imagine moving there, up to the point where people do not really feel part of the community.
I think posts like this and talking about this in local groups is really important :)
Thank you so much for this post! I really enjoyed reading it :) Although I am lucky to come from a country with a large community (Germany), many of your points resonate with me!
Especially the points about the implicit assumption that everyone could/should move to US/UK for a job and how people tend to finish university later (as it is free and you thus have less time pressure).
From my experience, the focus on US/UK can be very intimidating if you can’t imagine moving there, up to the point where people do not really feel part of the community.
I think posts like this and talking about this in local groups is really important :)