Silicon Valley returning to the tide, AI returnees survey: Pay, development, hometown

Chinese people who work or study abroad are known as "sea turtles" who once gained a position of almost unparalleled stature in a U.S. technology giant.

But it is also well known that companies such as Tencent, such as technology giants or today's headlines, are now in a good place to work. Baidu hired former Microsoft famous executive Lurkey (Qi Lu) to lead his artificial intelligence business, making him one of the most well-known returnees in recent years.

Chinese talent, with a background in American technology giants, is becoming a key force in promoting the global expansion of Chinese companies and the country's dominance of the next generation of AI and machine learning technologies.

Technology has replaced finance as the biggest attraction for overseas Chinese, according to a study by the global think-tank (CCG) and Zhaopin, a 1821-person survey in 2017, which accounts for 15.5% of the students returning. This figure rose by 10% from the 2015 survey.

"More and more people are shifting because China is truly vibrant in innovation, and this is just the beginning," says Ken Qi, head hunter of Spencer Stuart, Spencer, a leading global search firm. ”

The search giant's product manager job makes me bored and wants fresh and passionate entrepreneurship.

A few years ago, Wang Yi was living a comfortable American dream Wang Yu. He graduated from Princeton University, worked at Google and bought a spacious apartment in Silicon Valley.

But one day, 2011 years ago, he and his wife were on the kitchen table and said seriously, "he wants to go back to China." He was bored with the search giant's product manager and wanted to set up a company in his home town. It's not easy to convince your wife to give up California's fresh air and familiar living and working conditions.

"We found out she was pregnant," Mr. Wang, 37 years old, recalls: "We were very upset a few weeks before we made the decision, but eventually she returned home with me." ”

His bets were rewarded: his English-language teaching application, "fluent", received $100 million in funding last July, making him one of the more successful people from Silicon Valley to the Chinese venture.

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