Working abroad
Entering the labor force for the first time is challenging enough by itself, but doing so in a foreign country adds an extra difficulty hard to describe. A feeling of uncertainty may sometimes come (e.g. 'is this place where I want to be?' or 'is this what I want to do?' could resonate with you), which I believe is completely normal, plus overcoming those confusing moments will make you wiser. If you are interested in working outside your home country, I'm glad to share a few thoughts with you.
Self-introduction on my first day at Titansoft.
Advice #1:
Go study to the country where you see yourself working at.
If you already know the place you'd love to work at after graduating (which isn't that easy to figure out), this is the action that will
put you directly on the most ideal spot to achieve that goal.
Going back a few years, when I was in my last year of university, I asked a professor I had good relationship with for advice - Should I go to graduate
school? Should it be in a foreign country? My professor, who had knew for a while my interest in other cultures and my tendency for
exploration, after persuading me to pursuing a Master's degree, gave me this advice: "go study to the country where you see yourself working at".
In that moment, I thought it was nuts. After graduating, I could go anywhere I wanted, right? Theoretically, it's a possibility,
but in practice (and it has been especially proven after the covid pandemic), switching job markets without prior working experience
is not an easy task.
Advice #2: Look for a scholarship
The second advice that I want to share is: please, look for a scholarship. A bunch of European countries with reputed universities have no tuition for European students (Denmark, Germany, Sweden, etc) and sometimes this is true even for students from outside Europe (this sadly depends on each university). But, on top of that, there are a lot of great scholarships funded by local goverments. Do a quick research based on the countries/programs you are interested. Some scholarships require an exceptional record, but others are not as competitive, as they are fairly unknown outside their student niche.