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The original was posted on /r/india by /u/69_breeze_69 on 2025-12-10 11:23:56+00:00.

Hi everyone,

I’m a 22M international student from Siliguri/Darjeeling (West Bengal), currently in Australia. I came here in March 2023 for my studies.

While studying, I worked at a retail/repair store where I fixed watches, did laser and hand engraving, shoe repairs, key cutting, car remote programming and similar things. I became quite good at sales and running the store, got promoted to manager within a year, and worked there for about two years. I still help them out occasionally because I’m very close with the owner.

After that, I joined a recruitment consultancy on 50% commission with no base salary. I did pretty well and still work there, doing three days WFH. During my WFH days, I also did an unpaid internship at an IT company, which eventually turned into a paid part-time role where I now work three days a week (I finished uni).

At the moment, I’m balancing IT work, recruitment, and occasionally helping the retail shop on weekends. I’ve stayed within the 24-hour work limits any extra hours were only during semester breaks, and recruitment work isn’t clocked. Now that my degree is finished, all three employers want me full time and are willing to sponsor me.

But the truth is, I don’t really want to stay here long term. I feel like I want to move back to India. I’m single, my parents aren’t rich but they’re happy working class stable people, and I have this urge to build something of my own back home. The only confusion is that my hometown isn’t ideal for a tech business or a recruitment agency(not my only options), so I’m unsure what direction to take. Also im very keen start or get involved in fintech startups, which is not very sustainable in my hometown. Ik we can do tech startups form anywhere but in terms of networking. Also i have a good network here in Sydney but in India i only know my school friends so are still in Uni.

I wanted to hear from people who have lived abroad, had a stable life, but decided to return to India. What made you leave? What did you do after moving back? How did things change for you? Do you regret coming back, or was it the right decision?

Any insight would really help. Thanks.