Exodus?

I have seen a pattern lately and I want to be sure it’s not just a coincidence.

About a year ago a friend of mine announced she was leaving to study a masters in Spain. Something is business as that’s what she studied. After that a dear friend of mine moved over to USA to work, then another business friend went to Spain, and another friend moved over to Argentina. I know someone that is planning on leaving to Australia and another for Canada. I know at least 3 more people that already left to USA. Yesterday yet another friend told me she was going to Spain for yet another master in business, and she is probably going to get married to her boyfriend and he is going to go with her. she also told me she knows a lot of people from our university are doing that too; and no, she doesn’t knows the first two that are already in Spain. Another ex-coworker is going to Spain soon although the time is not business as she is on IT. And I just read the girlfriend of the guy in Argentina is going to Spain.

That makes it at least 15 people I know that are doing i. Now what I find interesting is that all of them share the following. They where great students, they are great people, they excel at their work, and they are not thinking of coming back. They all belong to either IT or business administration, and it seems that business is going to Spain and IT to USA. Now what puzzles me is why? And I think it’s because they have reach the top in here. Not the top as in they are the big boss of their company or CEO, the top as there is nothing better to do than the boring day to day go nowhere maintenance of systems. (note both people and software systems). I’m almost certain most of them are not leaving because of the money, they know they will expend much more money and they won’t win that much, and some of them know how hard moving to another country can be. But I think they are just looking to get out of the loop.