The holidays are over...
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Warning: May trigger tl;dr Just got back from a long, long vacation (2 and a half weeks), and not surprisingly, I find I'm more tired than when I left. No motivation to do any work whatsoever, just lazing around, doing "code review", and thinking about those beautiful, beautiful sunny days. Furthermore, I'm kinda worried, as I took the decision (which I think may have been rash) to go to France. Definitively. My girlfriend left there last year, and managed to secure a comfy job (at Mars...yes, the chocolate Mars) and a master's degree, and she's been pushing me to come to France too. After lots and lots of talks, I finally said yes, so now I'm preparing to leave everything behind and go there - starting October (I'm still looking for a job in Strasbourg, but no luck yet). On the other hand at least, I got a call today from a contractor I have been previously outsourced to, who needed some work on a program I developed a while ago, and seeing as the outsourcing company I used to work for is closed, they came directly to me. And the most important thing, they said they were perfectly ok with me working remotely (it's 1-2 month contract). However, as nothing is for sure yet, I still have nothing, so I still have no guarantee that I'll be fine, so still worried. So, did anyone go through anything like it? Leaving all behind and heading to...well...nothing? Any thoughts or advice? Should I post this in Q&A?
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Andrei Straut wrote:
My girlfriend left [for] there last year, and managed to secure a comfy job ... she's been pushing me to come to France too.
Andrei Straut wrote:
So, did anyone go through anything like it? Leaving all behind and heading to...well...nothing?
I hope your, perhaps former, girlfriend doesn't read this post. :wtf:
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Rage wrote:
and Mars are paying quite good, so....
Oh no, the girlfriend is with Mars, not me. And she's yet an apprentie, so...
Rage wrote:
Alsace is not the worst place on the Earth, so don't worry
Yeah, I've already been to Strasbourg, actually spent the last year's Christmas and New Year there (the avatar photo is from the Notre Dame). Totally great city :thumbsup: EDIT (Wrongly pressed "Post Message"):
Rage wrote:
I would recommend you to look for a job in Germany
I was also thinking about this too, and I would prefer a job in Germany to a job in France
Rage wrote:
Feel free to contact me when you are on Strasbourg, it would be cool to meet a CPian in real life
Yeah, I was actually thinking about posting something in get-togethers.
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Andrei Straut wrote:
Oh no, the girlfriend is with Mars
And I thought it was the opposite...[^]
Andrei Straut wrote:
I would prefer a job in Germany
monster.de is your friend, then.
Andrei Straut wrote:
posting something in get-togethers
:thumbsup:
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Andrei Straut wrote:
My girlfriend left [for] there last year, and managed to secure a comfy job ... she's been pushing me to come to France too.
Andrei Straut wrote:
So, did anyone go through anything like it? Leaving all behind and heading to...well...nothing?
I hope your, perhaps former, girlfriend doesn't read this post. :wtf:
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
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Think inside the box! ProActive Secure Systems
I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopesYeah, wrote that post in a bit of a hurry, didn't properly check for mistakes
JimmyRopes wrote:
I hope your, perhaps former, girlfriend doesn't read this post. :WTF:
She is current (5 and a half year now) and I only meant that from the professional point of view (if she ever reads this)
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Yeah, wrote that post in a bit of a hurry, didn't properly check for mistakes
JimmyRopes wrote:
I hope your, perhaps former, girlfriend doesn't read this post. :WTF:
She is current (5 and a half year now) and I only meant that from the professional point of view (if she ever reads this)
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Andrei Straut wrote:
I only meant that from the professional point of view (if she ever reads this)
She may not get this far down in the thread! :-D
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
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Andrei Straut wrote:
I only meant that from the professional point of view (if she ever reads this)
She may not get this far down in the thread! :-D
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
Think inside the box! ProActive Secure Systems
I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopesI should bookmark a permalink to this, just in case. Maybe even make this page available offline
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That's....quite awesome actually. But at this line, it throws a NullReferenceException, and I don't know what to do.
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Warning: May trigger tl;dr Just got back from a long, long vacation (2 and a half weeks), and not surprisingly, I find I'm more tired than when I left. No motivation to do any work whatsoever, just lazing around, doing "code review", and thinking about those beautiful, beautiful sunny days. Furthermore, I'm kinda worried, as I took the decision (which I think may have been rash) to go to France. Definitively. My girlfriend left there last year, and managed to secure a comfy job (at Mars...yes, the chocolate Mars) and a master's degree, and she's been pushing me to come to France too. After lots and lots of talks, I finally said yes, so now I'm preparing to leave everything behind and go there - starting October (I'm still looking for a job in Strasbourg, but no luck yet). On the other hand at least, I got a call today from a contractor I have been previously outsourced to, who needed some work on a program I developed a while ago, and seeing as the outsourcing company I used to work for is closed, they came directly to me. And the most important thing, they said they were perfectly ok with me working remotely (it's 1-2 month contract). However, as nothing is for sure yet, I still have nothing, so I still have no guarantee that I'll be fine, so still worried. So, did anyone go through anything like it? Leaving all behind and heading to...well...nothing? Any thoughts or advice? Should I post this in Q&A?
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Well, I quit a good job as an ex-pat and moved back home to go back into consulting just when the economy tanked. One has to be a little crazy and an optimist to strike off the beaten path, do something that makes them wonder if they were crazy, etc. Keep up the optimism, work hard, stay busy and things will work out.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Warning: May trigger tl;dr Just got back from a long, long vacation (2 and a half weeks), and not surprisingly, I find I'm more tired than when I left. No motivation to do any work whatsoever, just lazing around, doing "code review", and thinking about those beautiful, beautiful sunny days. Furthermore, I'm kinda worried, as I took the decision (which I think may have been rash) to go to France. Definitively. My girlfriend left there last year, and managed to secure a comfy job (at Mars...yes, the chocolate Mars) and a master's degree, and she's been pushing me to come to France too. After lots and lots of talks, I finally said yes, so now I'm preparing to leave everything behind and go there - starting October (I'm still looking for a job in Strasbourg, but no luck yet). On the other hand at least, I got a call today from a contractor I have been previously outsourced to, who needed some work on a program I developed a while ago, and seeing as the outsourcing company I used to work for is closed, they came directly to me. And the most important thing, they said they were perfectly ok with me working remotely (it's 1-2 month contract). However, as nothing is for sure yet, I still have nothing, so I still have no guarantee that I'll be fine, so still worried. So, did anyone go through anything like it? Leaving all behind and heading to...well...nothing? Any thoughts or advice? Should I post this in Q&A?
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Andrei Straut wrote:
So, did anyone go through anything like it? Leaving all behind and heading to...well...nothing?
You've already been told off for referring to your better half as "nothing", so I'll resist. Taking your question seriously, I did just that. Left a job in the UK (OK, it wasn't 100% secure, but as much as most jobs were), and moved to Sweden to be with the (now) missus. Luckily, I left my old job pretty amicably and did a bunch of consulting work for them and previous customers. Then someone who read my articles approached me asking me to work for them. The interview was very backwards. Now, I work from home, have new friends, family (including baby boy), occasionally go to the office, and so on. Life ended up pretty good. I suppose I should make more of an effort with the language, but every here is so darn accomodating! That probably wouldn't be so true in DE or FR. Iain.
I am one of "those foreigners coming over here and stealing our jobs". Yay me!
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Andrei Straut wrote:
So, did anyone go through anything like it? Leaving all behind and heading to...well...nothing?
You've already been told off for referring to your better half as "nothing", so I'll resist. Taking your question seriously, I did just that. Left a job in the UK (OK, it wasn't 100% secure, but as much as most jobs were), and moved to Sweden to be with the (now) missus. Luckily, I left my old job pretty amicably and did a bunch of consulting work for them and previous customers. Then someone who read my articles approached me asking me to work for them. The interview was very backwards. Now, I work from home, have new friends, family (including baby boy), occasionally go to the office, and so on. Life ended up pretty good. I suppose I should make more of an effort with the language, but every here is so darn accomodating! That probably wouldn't be so true in DE or FR. Iain.
I am one of "those foreigners coming over here and stealing our jobs". Yay me!
Iain Clarke, Warrior Programmer wrote:
I should make more of an effort with the language, but every here is so darn accomodating! That probably wouldn't be so true in DE or FR
Yeah, I heard people are quite picky with foreigners looking for jobs who don't speak the local language, which is perfectly understandable, and I support it.
Iain Clarke, Warrior Programmer wrote:
Taking your question seriously, I did just that ... Life ended up pretty good
It's good to know other people around here did that and ended fine. That's just what I was looking for.
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Well, I quit a good job as an ex-pat and moved back home to go back into consulting just when the economy tanked. One has to be a little crazy and an optimist to strike off the beaten path, do something that makes them wonder if they were crazy, etc. Keep up the optimism, work hard, stay busy and things will work out.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
Walt Fair, Jr. wrote:
Keep up the optimism, work hard, stay busy and things will work out.
Yeah, I may be worried, but I'm still optimistic. I'm thinking even if I fail, it's not like I'll die, get shot, starve to death or anything. I can always come back to my country, and try again later. Still, it's a big step to do (even bigger than when I left my local town to go work in Bucharest, which is still a tad away from family and most of the people I know), taking into consideration that I'm accustomed to supporting the future missus, and not the other way around (although I'm thinking it'll be fun to be the wife in the house, at least for a while :) )
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Warning: May trigger tl;dr Just got back from a long, long vacation (2 and a half weeks), and not surprisingly, I find I'm more tired than when I left. No motivation to do any work whatsoever, just lazing around, doing "code review", and thinking about those beautiful, beautiful sunny days. Furthermore, I'm kinda worried, as I took the decision (which I think may have been rash) to go to France. Definitively. My girlfriend left there last year, and managed to secure a comfy job (at Mars...yes, the chocolate Mars) and a master's degree, and she's been pushing me to come to France too. After lots and lots of talks, I finally said yes, so now I'm preparing to leave everything behind and go there - starting October (I'm still looking for a job in Strasbourg, but no luck yet). On the other hand at least, I got a call today from a contractor I have been previously outsourced to, who needed some work on a program I developed a while ago, and seeing as the outsourcing company I used to work for is closed, they came directly to me. And the most important thing, they said they were perfectly ok with me working remotely (it's 1-2 month contract). However, as nothing is for sure yet, I still have nothing, so I still have no guarantee that I'll be fine, so still worried. So, did anyone go through anything like it? Leaving all behind and heading to...well...nothing? Any thoughts or advice? Should I post this in Q&A?
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You're girlfriend works for a chocolate company? Then what the hell do you buy her when you fuck up?
The only other thing that works. Flowers
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