Europe has a 'real opportunity' to take in Americans fleeing Trump. Is it ready for a 'brain drain'?
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Europe hates migrants. Get real.
We don't hate immigrants, we are selectively racist tho. Random Muslim? Cool whatever. Random Muslim who insists we should turn wherever they live into a representation of their former home? Yeah no
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I'm a senior software engineer! Brain drain me!
Not sure how serious you are, but just in case...
https://www.englishjobs.se/job-role/it-software-engineering
https://jobs.thelocal.com/search/#results%2F67f4c4740357fbed229a30e9%3Fkw=&loc=sweden&page_num=1
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Immigrating to Europe isn't the easy process a lot of people think it is. At least for the countries I tried (Germany, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands)...but I do know some things have changed recently, at least for Germany.
My efforts were about ten years ago thought. Despite having a graduate degree from a European institution I still found it impossible.
For Germany, though I had spent the previous 10 years as a software developer (which is classified as an Engpassberuf), I was told that the regulations would only allow me to seek work based on the skills from that degree (Berufsqualifikation). My Master's degree was in a different technical field (European development planning), and my BAs were in European Studies and German Language and Literature. I also studied at the Goethe Institute and completed the Oberstufe C2 exam. But none of that was sufficient.
Now I am middle aged, have a wife and kids, chronic health issues...and though I would love to emigrate, I can't imagine uprooting them all, even if I could find a European country willing to take us.
The trick is to tell them what they want to hear, otherwise you won't get the required permits and paperwork.
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Not as cold.
Correct. I currently live significantly further north that Iqaluit and the snow is melting.
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You don't give up your right to vote by moving abroad. Your vote in state and local politics is lost. How much of a real impact that has depends on where you live.
This assumes voting continues to function more or less as it has in the past.
Not only am I in favour of the smart Americans moving here, I'm also in favour of sending the stupid Europeans to US.
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@luciferofastora @captainlezbian abgesehen davon, dass so verallgemeinernde Beleidigungen fehl am Platz sind: nur weil jemand woanders hin zieht, wird er nicht unbedingt klüger. Er ist dann meist nur an einem anderen Ort dumm. Der Vorteil bei uns ist jedoch: die meisten Schulen/Unis sind so kostengünstig, dass man das schnell ändern kann.
Das war eher als Korrelation gemeint. Wer Amerika verlässt hat eine gewisse Vernunft, was meiner Meinung nach eher gegen Dummheit spricht. Trifft natürlich auch nicht auf alle zu.
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Oh ok, but if it's vegans, then the Europeans won't have none of that crap.
I don't know about the relationship between Nimbyism and veganism. I was just trying to chip in helpfully explaining the acronym.
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I don't know about the relationship between Nimbyism and veganism. I was just trying to chip in helpfully explaining the acronym.
& I thank you for the explanation
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My employer offers visa sponsorship to employees wanting to migrate to the Netherlands. Once I meet the tenure requirements (a little over a month left), I intend to start the process. My spouse and kid are onboard. We've already started learning Dutch and made a week-long trip there a couple weeks ago to make sure we would like it.
Everyone likes the Netherlands, the Netherlands is fuckin awesome. Good choice!
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Not sure how serious you are, but just in case...
https://www.englishjobs.se/job-role/it-software-engineering
https://jobs.thelocal.com/search/#results%2F67f4c4740357fbed229a30e9%3Fkw=&loc=sweden&page_num=1
I'm interested too. Any specific job sites for Switzerland, Iceland, Luxembourg etc? I prefer the smaller countries.
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