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Lets trade places. Seriously though SV is decent but America is not exactly the top place to be living anymore in comparison to a place like Norway despite all

Lets trade places. Seriously though SV is decent but America is not exactly the top place to be living anymore in comparison to a place like Norway despite all the 'USA, USA' chanting we do. I'd gladly pay a boatload in taxes if it would genuinely get us out of our current messes.

andreer 15y ago
Feel free to come on over. There's a shortage of good engineers in Norway just as there is everywhere else. You could even work for a US company, as I do. http://jobs.yahoo.no/page/work/jobopenings http://jobs.yahoo.no/page/work/jobopenings
afterburner 15y ago
Good luck getting citizenship in Norway.
- andreer 15y ago
  It's hardly impossible. You'll need to hold down a job (which provides a work visa) for seven years, don't be convicted of a criminal offence, and attend 300 hours of tuition in the Norwegian language or have documented sufficient skills in Norwegian or Saami. Only 20% of applications are rejected, and most were rejected for failing to meet those conditions.
  - afterburner 15y ago
    How hard is getting the work permit (or whatever gets you in in the first place)?
- rjh29 15y ago
  It looks like you'll have an easier time if you're in an EU country (even though Norway isn't), due to the EEE.
davidw 15y ago
I don't know... Norway might do everything perfectly for all I know, but it's way too cold and wet for my tastes!
- marvin 15y ago
  Someone downvoted you, but you're right about the climate. Cold, wet, dark and somewhat hard to make new friends. Lower salaries and status for highly-trained professionals. Otherwise good. Generally great health care, employment benefits, work-life-balance, workers' rights, justice system etc. If you can get an operative oil job, you'll make great amounts of money. [Edit: To the GP, I'm not sure I would want to trade places. Work-life balance is very important to me, and is something that is worth quite a bit of money to me. It seems like most Americans work very long hours with few holidays, although you do seem to get paid a lot. I wouldn't want to settle down in the US, but it might be nice to try for a couple of years.]

andreer 15y ago

Feel free to come on over. There's a shortage of good engineers in Norway just as there is everywhere else. You could even work for a US company, as I do. http://jobs.yahoo.no/page/work/jobopenings http://jobs.yahoo.no/page/work/jobopenings

afterburner 15y ago

Good luck getting citizenship in Norway.

andreer 15y ago
It's hardly impossible. You'll need to hold down a job (which provides a work visa) for seven years, don't be convicted of a criminal offence, and attend 300 hours of tuition in the Norwegian language or have documented sufficient skills in Norwegian or Saami. Only 20% of applications are rejected, and most were rejected for failing to meet those conditions.
- afterburner 15y ago
  How hard is getting the work permit (or whatever gets you in in the first place)?
rjh29 15y ago
It looks like you'll have an easier time if you're in an EU country (even though Norway isn't), due to the EEE.

davidw 15y ago

I don't know... Norway might do everything perfectly for all I know, but it's way too cold and wet for my tastes!

marvin 15y ago
Someone downvoted you, but you're right about the climate. Cold, wet, dark and somewhat hard to make new friends. Lower salaries and status for highly-trained professionals. Otherwise good. Generally great health care, employment benefits, work-life-balance, workers' rights, justice system etc. If you can get an operative oil job, you'll make great amounts of money. [Edit: To the GP, I'm not sure I would want to trade places. Work-life balance is very important to me, and is something that is worth quite a bit of money to me. It seems like most Americans work very long hours with few holidays, although you do seem to get paid a lot. I wouldn't want to settle down in the US, but it might be nice to try for a couple of years.]