Pire wrote: "A lot of international organization jobs are actually pretty boring." I would NOT generalize it like that. It really depends on what YOU want to do with your life and career. If you want a cushy, secure sinecure -- sure, the work may be boring (a lot of it is paper shuffling in various forms anyway!), but at least, the job offers stability and security and more-than-enough creature comforts. There are many people who are more than happy doing jobs that offer them stability and security and prestige (the latter is especially important in prestige-starved urban Nepali societies.) Not everyone wants to be professor churning out so-called peer reviewed journal papers on obscure topics that get read by fewer than 7 people! Nothing wrong with NOT setting the world on fire, and just taking care of your family by doing decent work. But if you want something more -- like putting yourself on a likely path to a be a VP or a Director or a Country Manager/Head, then, the work cannot/must not be boring. You have to find ways to make the work interesting to you, and to your organization, and there are many who do just this, despite setbacks and problems. So I would NOT judge international organizations for being this or being that. I would instead judge the (positive) ambition of individuals within them, and what they want to do with their lives and careers. Just sharing opinions; and carrying the conversation forward, while sipping chiya and enjoying the rains :-) oohi ashu