US Expat living in Dublin... Here's an article that just came out about some cool startups in Ireland.
http://www.geektime.com/2013/09/29/10-hot-irish-startups-to-...
Do you still think that there's a dynamic fast-paced IT industry here? I'm a native, and to me it feels, for the most part (excluding some exceptional companies), stagnant and dependent on cheap non-EU labour.
Hi! I am from Portugal too and I would love to work in another country but the problem for me is my English is lacking. How good was your English when you lwft?
I am constantly thinking about moving from the US to somewhere nice, please advise me some countries, here are my "wish list" of the country where I would love to live:
- Civilized people
- No extradition
- Government is small and it respects people's freedom and privacy (which are protected by constitution), real freedom of speech, not the one when you can be arrested for a tweet, even if it leaked state secret or offended someone or infringed a copyright. No copyright laws at all would be awesome.
- No secret services
- Reasonable laws, no death penalty or life sentence, very small quantity of law enforcement
- Small ratio of NumberOfPeople/NumberOfPeopleInJails
- >1 million population in at least one city
- At least some IT industry
- Good and affordable health infrastructure
- No CCTVs in public places and no traffic cameras
Yes i understand your point but if you try to compare it with another European IT realities, the Irish IT Industry has his own strengths.
Sorry for the rant, but as someone who has done the process I find this post cringeworth (and not only because of the lowercase 'I's or the huge image on the header)
1 - Daft.ie. Period.
2 - It's not a "Welfare office", and you should go there (or not) depending on your address
3 - Or you just slide it on their mailboxes (depending where you are, the mail option may be more convenient)
4 - NIB? Well, AIB is good (but expensive), Bank of Ireland is not good, Ulster bank can't get their cronjobs right, but these three (and not NIB) are everywhere
5 - "Buy a mobile phone" or you just, you know, buy a sim card for your phone. This can be had in 5 min. And don't worry, it's cheap
6 - No crap sherlock.
"and compare the cost of living and taxes with your city in order to properly negotiate your salary"
And here's some good advice. I learned this, let's say, not the hard way, but I was "surprised" nonetheless. Always ask how much your net salary would be (and how much rent costs). For Ireland, expect around 40% of your salary to be taken for taxes, and you can have a small single apartment in the city center for between 600€ to 900€ (of course it's always possible to go higher)
One piece of advice that's missing: be sure to be born in Europe.
I like this kind of feedback and I am happy to see one on the front-page :)
Shameless plug: I am also an expat, I moved to Oslo from Paris a few months ago. Not because of the economy (I am a front-end developer, I am lucky to have a lot of opportunities anywhere) but because my wife and me wanted to live abroad and unfortunately we weren't able to find a job in Oil & Gas risks analysis for her in California ;)
Turns out that it was the best decision I ever made (after my wedding of course). I would recommend to anyone who could afford it to find a job in another country. Obviously your will immerse yourself into a new culture better than if you visit just for the holidays. Who knew that from Oslo you could take public transportation and be at an alpine ski station in less than 45min? Or that with the same ticket you could take the ferry to one of the many fjord islands? Even more shameless plug, if you are tempted by this experience and like skiing, we are recruiting: http://soundrop.fm/jobs Winter is coming, fast.