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Re: Come to London

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Post by mapleoin »

freyfogle wrote: post #10
cocoflunchy wrote: post #8

Reading your internships page ( http://www.lokku.com/jobs/intern.html ): > Will you pay for my travel to London? No. > Can you help me get a work permit? No. You need to be able to work in the UK. The internship sounds really interesting, but maybe if you want more people applying from all over Europe, you should be a little more open about your relocation policy? (I understand that the cost of travel might not be pr…

If you're from the EU you don't need a work permit.

except for Romania and Bulgaria.

Re: Come to London

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Post by mseebach »

kaokun wrote: post #35
kolektiv wrote: post #27

Hmmm. I'm not one of the people you're really looking for here, but I could take a stab at reasons why I haven't been beating a path to your door... a) I haven't really heard of you. A few words here and there over the years, but how much do you get out there and tell the geek community you exist? I'm guessing it's specific to a few specific tech areas - which I haven't seen. b) You're in London, you talk about "work…

Thanks for your feedback kolektiv. Allow me to follow up on a few of your points: a) If you have any advice on how to get our name out in the geek community then let me know. You are right that a lot of our community stuff is Perl or Geo focussed, but that's where our expertise is so that's where we can contribute the most. How well received would we be at a Python or Ruby event? Or are there more generic events we s…

> is it really worth putting on a job ad "£25K - 50K" when that's the range we're willing to consider for different candidates?

Yes. It anchors your offering quite a bit. £25k is somewhat north of the UK mean income (not the London one, though), and especially as a foreigner allows me to get an idea on what my budget might look like. £50k is somewhat less what your competitors are paying for decent talent (no, not just finance, although it's a dumb career move to write off finance wholesale), so if I'm making £50k somewhere else and looking to level up, I know that I'll be wasting both yours and my time, on the other hand, if I'm making £30k, and my boss tells me it's a good salary, I know that that's a good chance I could make more.

Also, I plainly enjoy the honesty. "£Competitive" my ass.

Re: Come to London

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Post by Peroni »

mseebach wrote: post #42
kaokun wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for your feedback kolektiv. Allow me to follow up on a few of your points: a) If you have any advice on how to get our name out in the geek community then let me know. You are right that a lot of our community stuff is Perl or Geo focussed, but that's where our expertise is so that's where we can contribute the most. How well received would we be at a Python or Ruby event? Or are there more generic events we s…

> is it really worth putting on a job ad "£25K - 50K" when that's the range we're willing to consider for different candidates? Yes. It anchors your offering quite a bit. £25k is somewhat north of the UK mean income (not the London one, though), and especially as a foreigner allows me to get an idea on what my budget might look like. £50k is somewhat less what your competitors are paying for decent talent (no, not ju…

Agreed 100% with this advice. A large range beats 'competitive' or 'Dependent on Experience" any day.

Re: Come to London

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Post by Peroni »

kaokun wrote: post #35
kolektiv wrote: post #27

Hmmm. I'm not one of the people you're really looking for here, but I could take a stab at reasons why I haven't been beating a path to your door... a) I haven't really heard of you. A few words here and there over the years, but how much do you get out there and tell the geek community you exist? I'm guessing it's specific to a few specific tech areas - which I haven't seen. b) You're in London, you talk about "work…

Thanks for your feedback kolektiv. Allow me to follow up on a few of your points: a) If you have any advice on how to get our name out in the geek community then let me know. You are right that a lot of our community stuff is Perl or Geo focussed, but that's where our expertise is so that's where we can contribute the most. How well received would we be at a Python or Ruby event? Or are there more generic events we s…

a) If you have any advice on how to get our name out in the geek community then let me know.

Come speak about something interesting at HN London. 400-500 people a month in the heart of London. http://meetup.com/HNLondon

My contact info is in my HN profile if you're interested.

Re: Come to London

#45

Post by kaokun »

mseebach wrote: post #42
kaokun wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for your feedback kolektiv. Allow me to follow up on a few of your points: a) If you have any advice on how to get our name out in the geek community then let me know. You are right that a lot of our community stuff is Perl or Geo focussed, but that's where our expertise is so that's where we can contribute the most. How well received would we be at a Python or Ruby event? Or are there more generic events we s…

> is it really worth putting on a job ad "£25K - 50K" when that's the range we're willing to consider for different candidates? Yes. It anchors your offering quite a bit. £25k is somewhat north of the UK mean income (not the London one, though), and especially as a foreigner allows me to get an idea on what my budget might look like. £50k is somewhat less what your competitors are paying for decent talent (no, not ju…

Great feedback, thanks mseebach.

Re: Come to London

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Post by kaokun »

disputin wrote: post #34
kolektiv wrote: post #27

Hmmm. I'm not one of the people you're really looking for here, but I could take a stab at reasons why I haven't been beating a path to your door... a) I haven't really heard of you. A few words here and there over the years, but how much do you get out there and tell the geek community you exist? I'm guessing it's specific to a few specific tech areas - which I haven't seen. b) You're in London, you talk about "work…

C. And worsening. I'm looking at moving in the opposite direction, from London to Spain/Portugal/France. I don't know why anyone who lives close enough to pop over to London for a break would want to live here. Unless they work in finance.

I am truly amazed by this, and I would argue that London is the best place to live in the world. I don't think popping over, or even coming for an extended multi-week visit, can compare with living here for months or years.

Even if, as it sounds, you've lived here for years and you've gotten a bit tired of it, surely you can agree that if somebody hasn't ever lived in London they would be crazy not to try it out? :-)

Re: Come to London

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Post by lotsofcows »

kaokun wrote: post #46
disputin wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

C. And worsening. I'm looking at moving in the opposite direction, from London to Spain/Portugal/France. I don't know why anyone who lives close enough to pop over to London for a break would want to live here. Unless they work in finance.

I am truly amazed by this, and I would argue that London is the best place to live in the world. I don't think popping over, or even coming for an extended multi-week visit, can compare with living here for months or years. Even if, as it sounds, you've lived here for years and you've gotten a bit tired of it, surely you can agree that if somebody hasn't ever lived in London they would be crazy not to try it out? :-)

London's quite fun when you're young but on the whole it contains all that's bad about the UK and very little of the amazing stuff.
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