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Forum: Moving back or to the UK

Nov 3rd 2008, 10:48 am

Replies: 49

How to cry?

Views: 3,467

Posted By nickbe

Re: How to cry?

Dave,
It sounds like you may well need to go back home. I think you should make a list of reasons to stay, and reasons to go back, and compare them. There are evidently strong reasons to go back...

Forum: Canada

Mar 18th 2008, 10:30 am

Replies: 42

HELP! Ontario IT Outside of GTA and Ottawa?

Views: 2,022

Posted By nickbe

Re: HELP! Ontario IT Outside of GTA and Ottawa?

Well cheers. :)

don't want to go too off-topic but I came back because.. while glorious mountains and a laid-back lifestyle and adventure are great for some time, its also possible to feel quite...

Forum: Canada

Mar 18th 2008, 10:20 am

Replies: 42

HELP! Ontario IT Outside of GTA and Ottawa?

Views: 2,022

Posted By nickbe

Re: HELP! Ontario IT Outside of GTA and Ottawa?

I concede, that that may well be the case this time around.
OTOH Indian salaries are going up, making outsourcing less attractive. Some people think things will balance out within 5 years. There's...

Forum: Canada

Mar 17th 2008, 10:35 pm

Replies: 42

HELP! Ontario IT Outside of GTA and Ottawa?

Views: 2,022

Posted By nickbe

Re: HELP! Ontario IT Outside of GTA and Ottawa?

The IT industry in the US is far better than Canada. Speaking as someone who's worked in IT in the US, and worked in Canada (but not in IT), here's an idea. You could play a low risk long-term...

Forum: Moving back or to the UK

Mar 12th 2008, 11:13 pm

Replies: 8

Working in both UK and Canada

Views: 1,014

Posted By nickbe

Re: Working in both UK and Canada

The IT job market in nearly all of Canada seems to have far too many people chasing far too few jobs, and, so it seems, always will. So, the answer is retrain in something else, or move back to the...

Forum: Moving back or to the UK

Mar 6th 2008, 10:56 pm

Replies: 34

What I will miss about Canada!

Views: 3,132

Posted By nickbe

Re: What I will miss about Canada!

What I miss

Mountains and open spaces, but then, there's quite lot of both in Scotland.

Lack of crime, lack of "feral" teenagers. lack of p***-heads in town sat night, Lack of in-your-face...

Forum: Canada

Mar 6th 2008, 10:28 pm

Replies: 244

IT Skilled workers

Views: 25,499

Posted By nickbe

Re: IT Skilled workers

From my and other people's experiences, trying to get an IT job in the big cities (Calgary, Vancouver Ottawa, for example) seems to suck beyond belief. Montreal's a better job market but you might...

Forum: Canada

Mar 6th 2008, 10:11 pm

Replies: 8

Calgary I.T Market

Views: 855

Posted By nickbe

Re: Calgary I.T Market

That quote reads as somewhat bitter, but is not far off the truth. Its true about lots of qualified immigrants working in menial jobs. Many Brits go to Canada hoping for an IT job, but the IT...

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