首先,技术工作和管理工作是有本质上的不同的.在高科技公司,纯科技人员和高层管理人员的生存方式也是不同的.因为高科技公司依赖科技人员的创新来获得生存与发展,相应纯科技人员的工作环境会相对轻松以利R&D.但显然高层管理人员的生存模式就没有那么宽松.我记得我国内公司的香港总裁曾经告诉我,他70%的精力在处理上上下下的关系,其它才是业务相关的工作.一次喝酒时玩笑道:除了公司的事,我还必须每天抽时间1-2小时看专业或管理书籍.不仅这样,我还得知道张子强这么被抓的,我容易吗.
因此许多纯科技人员转做高层管理人员时多有疑虑,害怕非专业性的工作牵扯自己太多精力从而跟不上技术的发展,时间久生疏了,回不去了.有的甚至走上管理岗位后还紧握技术部门不放,搞的两头不落好.
所以,如果你认为你不适合搞管理工作,本人又喜欢闲淡轻松工作环境的,第一个建议是,不要被眼前的诱惑吸引了.
如果你喜欢挑战,而且对自己的适应能力有相当的把握,我坚决建议你回中国.中国不关如何是21世纪经济奇迹最有可能发生的地方.我不觉得有十么理由你会缺乏机会, 在这样一片希望的土地上,即使是4,5年后.

本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛First, I want to send you my words of congratulations.

Second, I am a new immigrant here WITHOUT a job. So what I say should not be taken too seriously.

Now it is my opinion:

1. Where can you life be more happy? With 120k USD in China or 100k CAD in Canada? I think if you only consider things purely from the economic side, you should go back to China, and this is the first suggestion for you. Of course, going back China also means some sort of unstable. However, I only know about the possible risk of politics is higher in China, nothing else.

2. As you said, you might just want another job change some 4-5 years later and you are worrying that working in China will seize you the possiblility of doing that. I do not know exactly how many years have you been staying here in the North America, but I can tell you that China has a lot of highly payed employees nowadays. Like in the company I worked once for a while, the boss hired a manager for 700k RMB per year, and the company is by no means a large company in China, though it is the best and biggest in its field. See that? And, I think wherever it is, once you are in the proper "circle of people", you are not likely to worry about moving among companies.

3. Quality of life. This is the most difficult part of all. If you prefer a quiet life, stay here. It is slow paced. However, if you prefer a more challenging life, just go back. I guess life in China nowadays is just something like life in the US if you just talk about the tense. If you prefer living in a good environment, stay here. Remember that once back to China, no matter how rich you are, what best living areas are you in, when you are out of your home everyday, you are no different than anybody else. Roads are nearly always jammed in those big cities, always crowded with people, etc; If you prefer best Chinese food everyday, go back of course, why bother stay here? I think there is still one thing to take into consideration: with the high salary you get in China(God, it is really high consider how cheap is daily life in China), you can and definately should save some more than 20k USD as your savings there. So what? You get a more than 100k USD savings 5 years later! That means, even you got lay-off at that time, this money is enough for you to lead a not too luxury life in China for more than some 3 years, a time which is just more than enough for you to find a new job.

Now, my finally suggestion is: I much prefer that you go back than stay. Again, do not take my words too seriously.

Finally, how did you get those chances? Can you give me some suggestions on job-hunting? Thanks. :)更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net