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Re: (OT): Human Multi-tasking

by qq (Hermit)
on Dec 30, 2004 at 23:17 UTC ( [id://418435]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to (OT): Human Multi-tasking

I just moved from a scottish fishing village to nearish london. I miss the countryside, stars, trees and peace (but not the fish stench).

I telecommute. I'm satisfied with the time and freedom it gives me. But my career is stagnating. Because telecomuting jobs are hard to come by I have to take what I can get. Financially this is frustrating. Worse is that I take jobs where I learn little.

If I didn't have a family I might try short/medium term contracting, and travel as much as I could. As it is I'm wondering if I'll ever make enough money to afford two homes - or if I can get a part time job on a farm.

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Re^2: (OT): Human Multi-tasking
by Eyck (Priest) on Dec 31, 2004 at 09:15 UTC

    Oh, and I was planning on moving to Scotland this or maybe next year ( I'm from one of new EU countries, supposedly Scotland welcomes us), I'd probably aim for Eddinburgh, as they say they've got jobs for UNIX admins there...

    All in all this whole thread seems to suggest that moving anywhere in general is not a very smart move, you've got contacts and reputation where you already are, and supposedly the best way of gaining successfull employment is networking, how are you going to network in totaly strange city/country?

    People loosing their telecommuting jobs and having problems finding any other employment confirms that sad true.

      Actually a unix admin job in Edinburgh is definitely viable. I've seen lots on jobserve.co.uk. However it's hard to get a perl programming job in Edinburgh. Its ok if you've got decent C or Java, but not by itself. There is an Edinburgh perl mongers as well, but the list is very low traffic.

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