Very few of the students who have gone to Taiwan to complete their higher education and returned home have been able to put their learning to work, except by being a teacher or a government worker. In addition, when Taiwan's economy took off during the 1970s, ordinary people as well as students rushed to Taiwan to live and work in a much freer environment.
而到台灣受完高等教育的金門子弟，回家鄉除了當公教人員，很少能學以致用，加上民國六十年代後台灣經濟起飛，工作機會多、生活又自由，不僅學生，一般人也紛紛奔赴台灣工作、定居。