How to be the perfect immigrant

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How to be the perfect immigrant? A Code of Conduct on how to thrive as an immigrant

How do you integrate well into a whole new country and a new society? For Jonathan Davis, Program Manager at Microsoft, Microsoft played a major role in his integration into Danish society due to Danish culture training and very helpful colleagues. However, according to Jonathan’s belief not all immigrants have the same benefits of a large wellresourced company that can help them, which is why he has created a “Code of Conduct” on how to make it as an immigrant. Jonathan gave a talk on that at Studieskolen where several expats participated.

Photo of Jonathan Davis, Program Manager at Microsoft, giving a talk at Studieskolen

“I believe that immigrants are a hugely positive force to not just Denmark but all countries, where they are. But I feel that sometimes we immigrants are struggling a little bit with mental models and tactics to find ways in which to help ourselves to thrive in a new society. I have a lot of experience in living in different countries, so I wanted to share some of the ways in which I have felt was successful for immigrants to both succeed themselves but also crucially to make our host like and respect us a little bit more.”

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