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If you are serious about it, which I must at this point assume you are not, you need to at least tell us what is your education level and what are you good at.
by bojan 2y ago
If you are serious about it, which I must at this point assume you are not, you need to at least tell us what is your education level and what are you good at.
You might also want to take a look at the Dutch-American Friendship Treaty.
- harimau777 2y agoI have a masters in CS and ten years of work experience in software engineering.
- bojan 2y agoAwesome! This is the list of companies that are registered by the government to employ highly educated migrants: https://ind.nl/en/public-register-recognised-sponsors/public-register-regular-labour-and-highly-skilled-migrants https://ind.nl/en/public-register-recognised-sponsors/public... A lot of them are looking for software engineers. Just go through the list one by one and keep applying. However - the salaries in Europe are significantly lower than in the US. Be prepared for that.
- cmrdporcupine 2y agoNetherlands is very friendly for tech worker immigration. I've known a person who did it, and heard quite a bit about it. Or you could come here to Canada. The problem is you're going to find the same attitudes outside of the US, just a few years behind.
- jahnu 2y agoYou can probably walk into Ireland with that resume.
- scrollaway 2y agoIf you want to move to Belgium, send me an email (cf site on my profile) and I can help you with the decision and the integration. We need more good software engineers and especially founders here. Be ready to take a paycut. Salaries in Europe aren't what they're like in the US. But we make it up in many other ways. (Offer applies to anyone else who sees this)
- GaryNumanVevo 2y agoIt's kind of a best kept secret, but for US talent (bay area, EX-fang) there's a great market in Europe. 95% comp what you'd make in the US. Virtually unlimited leverage when negotiating.
- FirmwareBurner 2y agoWhere?
- GaryNumanVevo 2y agoDublin, London, Amsterdam
- FirmwareBurner 2y agoDo they hire non-FAANG people who worked at no-name companies or just the elites?
- wheybags 2y agoIreland is a solid democratic European, English speaking country with no significant hard right presence in government. Culturally I think an American would find it easier to adapt than eg France or Germany. The anglosphere individualism is present but watered down from the American extremes. Bureaucracy is low compared to the rest of Europe. People are superficially friendly, but it can be hard to penetrate social circles as an outsider. It is a more high context society than the US - you will be seen as a loud annoying yank, at least at first, but people can forgive, and you can adapt. There's a functional social welfare system, free education and free Healthcare. All three have their problems, but are ultimately doing way better than our neighbours in the uk. If you're black you will experience some racism, but not on the same level as in the us. When people hear you speak with an American accent a lot of that will probably evaporate. If you're hispanic, I don't think it will really register as an issue. Spanish speakers in europe are generally spanish, and are considered European, not some other lesser race the way they are in the us. With a career in cs it should be easy to find a company willing to hire you, and sponsor your visa. Alternatively there is a special visa system (very badly advertised) for founders to move to Ireland and open a startup. Regardless, once you've been resident for 5 years you have the right to get citizenship. This is all my opinion as an Irish developer who has been living in mainland Europe for the last 6 years or so.
- userabchn 2y ago> free Healthcare It is not free for all.
- kelnos 2y ago> Ireland is a solid democratic European, English speaking country with no significant hard right presence in government. This is of course anecdotal, but my partner spent a couple weeks in Dublin and a couple other Irish cities recently for a work thing, and was surprised to feel unsafe there. One of her co-workers was physically attacked by two drunk men, completely unprovoked, and several of her LGBTQ colleagues had disgusting things shouted at them in public, multiple times. Depending on what group the toplevel poster is in that makes them feel wary about remaining in the US, I'm not convinced Ireland is a good choice.
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- Halian 2y agoHigh school. Am disabled, too. ;-;