I'm in the middle of moving back to the US after 15 years in Thailand. My wife was set on our kids experiencing the US education system, which makes sense, so we rented an apartment in Honolulu and they're on their second school semester there now.
Job hunting at the end of last year didn't go well, but my company in Bangkok is still mostly working remotely so I still haven't left that position. It's partly that work in Thailand is regarded negatively, I think, but then there are also real differences in the industry practices related to what I'm doing. My last work is a bit specialized, quality assurance / process implementation in a data center / IT services company.
Do others have experience with this concern, or advice about approach? It seems possible that international experience might somehow be desirable, but not related to any positions that I've seen or applied for. Transition to a slightly different, partly overlapping work field position has so far been problematic. It doesn't help that Hawaiians are not so open to transplants, since they would much rather support anyone already from there with position advancement, which I get, the industry is not that big and it's a common problem for people to keep up with cost of living.