Gaborone, Botswana -> Johannesburg, South Africa. The year is 2001. I'm fresh out of varsity with a computer science degree and I'm stuck doing copywriting wor

Gaborone, Botswana -> Johannesburg, South Africa. The year is 2001. I'm fresh out of varsity with a computer science degree and I'm stuck doing copywriting work for an ad agency because there is no semblance of an IT industry in Botswana (still isn't) I answer a software developer ad in a popular South African newspaper (for some odd reason we used to get them in Botswana too) but slyly leave out my current residential status. I get an email requesting me to come for an interview in TWO DAYS. I beg my folks for some cash, hop on a plane and attend the interview, which goes well. The guy interviewing me then says, well, when would you be able to start if we offered you the job. At this point I take a huge gulp and explain that I would have to wait until I get a work permit, which would require the company to submit a substantial amount of paperwork to the department of home affairs, along with processing fees etc etc. It's only at this point that the interviewer looks flabbergasted that I had flown in from another country just to interview for an entry level position. Anywho, for whatever strange reason (I suspect they were impressed with my commitment) they went along with it and I was only able to join them some 8 months later after all the paper work was processed. The company shut down a year later.