Looking for junior/mid level VB.NET programmer, Milton Keynes

Ronin Storm

Ronin Storm

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silkth said:
Initial investigations reveal I wouldn't pass the test, because I have no education above high school. That's a bit insane when I have 17 years experience instead! I'm chasing it up anyway.
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Buff up on your French. That'll get you quite a lot of points and is probably easier to "fix" than your education level.
 
Silk

Silk

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Ronin Storm said:
Buff up on your French. That'll get you quite a lot of points and is probably easier to "fix" than your education level.
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I am very, very poor at spoken languages but great at programming languages. Go figure.

It's a bit crap that I'm penalised for working as a programmer from age 17 as opposed to studying to be a programmer. *facepalm*

Sometimes I hate life.
 
thatbloke

thatbloke

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yea, had a guy from England but who worked for us out in America near-enough full time. He would go out there for 80 or so days at a time then come back here for a week or so due to the visa rules. He couldn't become a US citizen out there because he didn't have a degree. Eventually he ended up marrying someone out there and then they were suddenly interested in allowing him to become a US Citizen, but I imagine it's pretty similar in Canada
 
Panda with issues...

Panda with issues...

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Haven said:
Flame bait. A little less assumptive generalization of our collective inadequacy would be be nice please.
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Selective quotation there mate. You missed out the most important, qualifying part of the statement, highlighted in bold below. No comment in the statement about inadequacy at all.

Panda with issues... said:
None of you realise quite how important this is and how rare it is and how much you take it for granted until you've spent long periods of time abroad where it doesn't exist.
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Almost certainly the statement should have said us, rather than you though.

thatbloke said:
Case in point: I cannot drive (for medical reasons). Every so often I go to California for business trips - EVERYTHING is miles away from everything else. If you cannot drive, I have to rely on other people to get around and actually do anything or just have an extremely limited range.

America is nice, but unles you can drive, don't go there. I'm not an expert on the subject, but I would expect Canada to be pretty similar.

In the UK, I can still get to (most) places by other means if I need to.
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This is the exact point. California isn't even all that bad, though NorCal approaches it. It's even worse outside of the coastal US, and obviously in places like Africa and South America, it's very bad.
 
Huung

Huung

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thatbloke said:
Case in point: I cannot drive (for medical reasons).
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Narly Bird

Narly Bird

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Australia is also pretty strict visa wise, even for people wanting to immigrate from the "mother country". There are a list of occupations that are in high demand and people with those skills have an easier time of it.

They also have special visa's where your Australian employer sponsors you and if you stay for 2 years and don't do anything silly, you can apply for permanent residency. Its called a 457 visa. But you'd have to land the job 1st of course

Otherwise the best you can hope for is a 1-year work visa (and only if your under 30 years old).

I have to agree with Panda about the infrastructure. After living in Sydney my whole life and then moving to Tokyo, i never realised how much Sydney's infrastructure sucked (Australia is like the US in that everyone drives - by necessity!). But then again its a tradeoff as you are losing the beautiful uncrowded beaches, large houses/gardens, lots of trees, clean air, etc. etc.
 
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