For as long as I have lived in Europe and the United Kingdom, I have been asked the same question: “Why don’t you move to Dubai?” Sometimes it comes from friends in India, sometimes from colleagues, and occasionally even from recruiters who assume that any Indian engineer would naturally gravitate toward the Gulf. The logic always sounds straightforward: higher salaries, no income tax, and proximity to India. To be fair, these are real advantages. Yet, despite multiple opportunities in my field—FPGA development in industries like ADAS, medical devices, and aerospace—I have never seriously considered moving there. After more than a…