Specifically asking for Indian folks who came to US, worked for a while and went back (due to VISA issues or otherwise). How has been your experience back in the homeland in terms of money and life?
I left california went back to India after staying in US for 11 years and stayed for 6 months, did nothing. If you have some money, say 50k rupees a month. Life is easy. You need to get used to seeing a lot of people and bad infrastructure. That shock will go away in a couple weeks. If you have money you can do the same stuff you do in US. You can travel to thailand if you want good beaches.<p>In those 6 months, I received Canadian PR. Now I am in Vancouver. I think Vancouver is a better place to be than Santa Clara( i was there). But I think so cal is still the best place on the planet. I lived in orange county and would go back to so cal if i ever recieve a green card.
After about 1.5 years of working in the US, I moved back to India for a year and made some mobile apps at home and also travelled south east asia. It was obvious that H1B was a waste of my time.<p>Then moved to the Netherlands and worked freelance and some regular jobs there for 5 years to get EU permanent residency.<p>Now moving to Spain and working as a remote freelancer in Barcelona for iOS/Android apps.
Had a friend who went back recently. Life outside work is good. Closer to family, all daily chores are taken care of by maids and servants. But w.r.t work, you don't get enough number of quality people. They still need hand holding or "push". Most people are smart but do not know how to deliver end to end.