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Re: Ask HN: Any good resources for finding software jobs abroad?

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Post by simonswords82 » Wed, Nov 09, 2016, 5:49 PM UTC

wallzz wrote: post #138

erikbye wrote: post #38

Norway: http://m.finn.no/job/fulltime/search.html?occupation=0.23&fi... 281 java positions, 182 c#, 91 c++ New ones coming in every day. There is a lot of demand here for skilled developers, most positions are not for startups, but established business. Software developer salary is typically lower than in the US, but then again, cost of living (as far as apartment rent goes(in Oslo)) is lower than in SV. C#/Java back…

I visited Oslo last week, and I have to say that its one of the best cities I have ever been to, people are very welcoming, streets are clean, everything is almost perfect.

Have you been to any other European cities at all for comparison? For example I think Barcelona is a very clean and welcoming city, so is Amsterdam come to think of it.

Re: Ask HN: Any good resources for finding software jobs abroad?

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Post by kofejnik » Wed, Nov 09, 2016, 5:54 PM UTC

elboru wrote: post #137

chill1 wrote: post #101

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Correct, eLance and other similar websites are an absolute waste of time unless you are ok with competing only on price and you have a very low cost of living. * Build a web presence that funnels potential leads to you (blog, portfolio, resume, stackoverflow profile with activity like posting questions/answers, programming/freelance subreddits, github contributions and projects). * Build your personal network via mee…

I know every path is different for every person, and the things that worked for you might not work for other people, but could you tell us how did you get your first remote freelance client?

I posted a short update on Linkedin like "I left my CTO job at {nnn} and started a development shop" and a guy from my network saw it and asked if we could develop something for him

Re: Ask HN: Any good resources for finding software jobs abroad?

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Post by e12e » Wed, Nov 09, 2016, 5:54 PM UTC

mattnumbe wrote: post #48

cheiVia0 wrote: post #43

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Is "GaijinPot" really what it is called?

yes, really sad. DaiJob is also a really dumb name if you pronounce it in katakana.

I'd say it's an OK name... ;)

Re: Ask HN: Any good resources for finding software jobs abroad?

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Post by mikereedell » Wed, Nov 09, 2016, 6:07 PM UTC

zwetan wrote: post #159

I think the problem is not about finding resources but about culture of the country and their work culture I'm French, long time ago as long as I was looking from France to work in the UK, about 9 out of 10 recruiters ignored me. Once I landed in London and did the same search of jobs, interviews piled on me. I'm not saying you can not find anything from remote and online, just saying it seems much much easier to fin…

Similar thing happened to me with a much shorter move: central NJ to Philadelphia suburbs. Once I started using an address local to my job search I had no issues getting interviews. Before that was rough and the distance was only 100 miles.

Re: Ask HN: Any good resources for finding software jobs abroad?

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Post by tasnimreza » Wed, Nov 09, 2016, 6:14 PM UTC

staticelf wrote: post #100

ayberk wrote: post #53

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What about the language barrier? Would English be enough?

I am from Sweden and basically everyone here (except some immigrants) speak english very fluently. You would have no issues living in any Nordic country with only English. I worked at a pretty international company before where there was several individuals whom had lived in Sweden for several years without even bothering to learn the language. Don't be that guy or gal though, Swedes don't like it when you live here…

Hey I'm moving at Gothenburg around end of November, anything should i consider?

Re: Ask HN: Any good resources for finding software jobs abroad?

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Post by coolvision » Wed, Nov 09, 2016, 6:19 PM UTC

https://jobbatical.com/ is great, not just for short contracts, i found an amazing permanent job with it.

Re: Ask HN: Any good resources for finding software jobs abroad?

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Post by mundo » Wed, Nov 09, 2016, 6:34 PM UTC

benlambert wrote: post #95

jrockway wrote: post #54

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Yeah, democracy seemed to work OK. The average american wants it to be illegal to not be a God-loving hetereosexual white man. And they elected someone who will make sure that laws get passed to move the country in that direction. The problem in this case is that that's terrible.

Last time I checked Trump was running on a pro LGBT platform...

The reason you see people concerned about this is because most people assume Trump will defer to his VP on most policy stuff, and his VP is very, very anti-gay. The reason people assume this is that one of the other people considered to be his VP pick, John Kasich, told the press that when Trump's son pitched the job, he said that he could be "the most powerful vice-president in history" and that he would be in charge of both domestic and foreign policy.

Re: Ask HN: Any good resources for finding software jobs abroad?

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Post by staticelf » Wed, Nov 09, 2016, 6:35 PM UTC

tasnimreza wrote: post #165

staticelf wrote: post #100

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I am from Sweden and basically everyone here (except some immigrants) speak english very fluently. You would have no issues living in any Nordic country with only English. I worked at a pretty international company before where there was several individuals whom had lived in Sweden for several years without even bothering to learn the language. Don't be that guy or gal though, Swedes don't like it when you live here…

Hey I'm moving at Gothenburg around end of November, anything should i consider?

Don't move to the ghetto. I don't know what places are bad to live in Gothenburg but I am sure you can look it up.

But regarding employers, I don't know that many in Gothenburg but you could look up Fast2 maybe?

Re: Ask HN: Any good resources for finding software jobs abroad?

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Post by Lexandrit » Wed, Nov 09, 2016, 6:40 PM UTC

jakub_g wrote: post #61

Came across this lately for DE/NL jobs: http://relocateme.eu/jobs/ Also StackOverflow Jobs has a number of openings across whole world, many of them with salaries. However some big companies with lazy HRs mainly put job offers on their own websites and nowhere else.

I've also heard about these cool guys from RelocateMe. Apart from a diverse number of IT jobs (http://relocateme.eu/jobs/), they also provide comprehensive relocation support to candidates and their families.

Re: Ask HN: Any good resources for finding software jobs abroad?

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Post by lacampbell » Wed, Nov 09, 2016, 6:46 PM UTC

retube wrote: post #111

lacampbell wrote: post #88

I'm curious too. I live in New Zealand. How can I get a software job abroad - say in the United States?

By most accounts you're like in literally the best place on planet earth right now, why would you want to move?

America has several advantages:

- higher salaries

- electronics, groceries, cars etc are all much cheaper

- lower rent if you compare towns and cities of similar sizes

- world leaders in computing for the past 50 years

Have you been to NZ? Why do you think it's so great? Do you like poorly built, overpriced housing, expensive groceries, lower wages and anti-American sentiment?