How old are we?
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29. Operations. The 5th most expensive city for renters in the US.
My gf is going to grad school in the fall. Depending on her decision, I might either move to the 2nd most expensive city, 3rd most expensive city, or 6th most expensive city. I'm hoping 6th because of the weather. Also to be closer to Sigh. Since Kobe left, I guess I can live there.
My gf is going to grad school in the fall. Depending on her decision, I might either move to the 2nd most expensive city, 3rd most expensive city, or 6th most expensive city. I'm hoping 6th because of the weather. Also to be closer to Sigh. Since Kobe left, I guess I can live there.
Hey Sigh. Most importantly, how about you?
I am 28, finished masters to work on tech projects and co-oped at IBM, then finished a huge one in telecom - fiber optic infrastructure and stuff, build almost 3000 miles of it in 3 years, supervised about 80 people and a lot of subcontracting companies. Had basically no life, especially as it was a Korean company, but I enjoyed it a lot, met my girlfriend there and now we live in Vancouver, Canada. Apparently it's expensive and apparently the rent is insane yet I find myself being able to finally lay back, chill a lot compared to what I had in Poland, enjoy the views and work on some projects with Intel and my own stuff, considering I have more spare time.
I also managed to travel quite a bit and just got an invitation to apply for Canadian permanent residence, which I will probably take advantage of as I like living in Canada, although the job market is a little boring in here and I feel like everyone's getting overpaid, I have no clue how the economy is surviving that, but anyway I'm thinking about going to Thailand for a year or so to enjoy the weather and build something on my own. I feel like I'm ready to stop working most of the week for other people and got hooked into app development, lol. I think that's about it.
What happened?
I am 28, finished masters to work on tech projects and co-oped at IBM, then finished a huge one in telecom - fiber optic infrastructure and stuff, build almost 3000 miles of it in 3 years, supervised about 80 people and a lot of subcontracting companies. Had basically no life, especially as it was a Korean company, but I enjoyed it a lot, met my girlfriend there and now we live in Vancouver, Canada. Apparently it's expensive and apparently the rent is insane yet I find myself being able to finally lay back, chill a lot compared to what I had in Poland, enjoy the views and work on some projects with Intel and my own stuff, considering I have more spare time.
I also managed to travel quite a bit and just got an invitation to apply for Canadian permanent residence, which I will probably take advantage of as I like living in Canada, although the job market is a little boring in here and I feel like everyone's getting overpaid, I have no clue how the economy is surviving that, but anyway I'm thinking about going to Thailand for a year or so to enjoy the weather and build something on my own. I feel like I'm ready to stop working most of the week for other people and got hooked into app development, lol. I think that's about it.
What happened?
Yeah the rent for a simple but modern 1 bedroom apartment is like 350$. In our case that's 175$ per person per month. Local food seems to be cheap and healthy, a few bucks per meal apparently. 100meg internet is like 25$ a month. People told me it's possible to live comfortably for 500$ a month with some massages and margueritas on the beach all included if you split the expenses. I could pull that off indefinitely just on passive income, not to mention 12 months there cost at worst as much as 2 months in Vancouver.
Seems like a perfect opportunity to lay back , see a new country and work on something on your own. Apparently Chiang mai in Thailand is like a hub for westerners doing just that, with incubators and shared office spaces, people working remotely, living well for cheap and making YouTube videos wondering why is everyone not doing just that,lol.
Seems like a perfect opportunity to lay back , see a new country and work on something on your own. Apparently Chiang mai in Thailand is like a hub for westerners doing just that, with incubators and shared office spaces, people working remotely, living well for cheap and making YouTube videos wondering why is everyone not doing just that,lol.
It's a neat neighborhood, going there at night you have a 50/50% chance of being robbed/stabbed. Being in Canada and hearing someone claim how "bad" their neighborhood is makes me chuckle. Vancouver has this place called "downtown eastside", apparently the worst hood in Canada. I buy my favorite breakfast buns there from a Chinese store once in a few days and say "hi" to the same bum on the street corner. There are cops all around the place too and they even have a clean place called "Insite" where they can shoot heroine in a safe environment. It's full of completely normal people with problems and the worst thing that happens is homeless people talking to you and asking you for things.
In the meantime, I'm yet to hear about a police officer making it to the "Brzeska" street of Praga, or anyone trying to do something about it:
http://www.mwfc.pl/en/location-guide-item.php?id=296
http://www.weekendinwarsaw.com/en/places/show/s/brzeska-street/id/200/cid/2#
When I was a teenager twice I "lost" my phone and money and had a knife to my neck there. The third time I got into a fight, but that one went fine as I went with my friends and in the end we peacefully resolved the situation. It gets much more safe after you get to know some people who live around there, that other people know, though. You see people beating the shit out of each other, even kid "gangs", and other people from there just pass by and carry on with their daily lives, it's an everyday thing.
After I started working, I moved to the opposite side of the city, lol.
That's an awesome position to be in. Was thinking about it, but for some reason it's still not so common for companies to offer strictly remote work for someone, because most of the job market is very backwards. I'd love to, though. My whole freaking thesis was about managing virtual teams and how much better it is than 9 to 5 at the office.
I was thinking about doing my thing from here also, but it's much more expensive to start out and I'd burn through my savings at much faster rate than in Thailand, which is a fraction of that to live well. Plus it's a new place. I love Vancouver but I also miss sunny weather.
I know, I'm super fortunate to be where I am with this company. Particularly since I got in early enough to be offered some pretty sizable stock options too. And we've had two more rounds of huge VC funding since then, particularly impressive as we're still in Beta. I just spent a few weeks out in California and was able to work normally from there.
I feel like London companies at least are starting to offer more remote work positions. It's the future, really.
It's a neat neighborhood, going there at night you have a 50/50% chance of being robbed/stabbed. Being in Canada and hearing someone claim how "bad" their neighborhood is makes me chuckle. Vancouver has this place called "downtown eastside", apparently the worst hood in Canada. I buy my favorite breakfast buns there from a Chinese store once in a few days and say "hi" to the same bum on the street corner. There are cops all around the place too and they even have a clean place called "Insite" where they can shoot heroine in a safe environment. It's full of completely normal people with problems and the worst thing that happens is homeless people talking to you and asking you for things.
In the meantime, I'm yet to hear about a police officer making it to the "Brzeska" street of Praga, or anyone trying to do something about it:
http://www.mwfc.pl/en/location-guide-item.php?id=296
http://www.weekendinwarsaw.com/en/places/show/s/brzeska-street/id/200/cid/2#
When I was a teenager twice I "lost" my phone and money and had a knife to my neck there. The third time I got into a fight, but that one went fine as I went with my friends and in the end we peacefully resolved the situation. It gets much more safe after you get to know some people who live around there, that other people know, though. You see people beating the shit out of each other, even kid "gangs", and other people from there just pass by and carry on with their daily lives, it's an everyday thing.
After I started working, I moved to the opposite side of the city, lol.
In the meantime, I'm yet to hear about a police officer making it to the "Brzeska" street of Praga, or anyone trying to do something about it:
http://www.mwfc.pl/en/location-guide-item.php?id=296
http://www.weekendinwarsaw.com/en/places/show/s/brzeska-street/id/200/cid/2#
When I was a teenager twice I "lost" my phone and money and had a knife to my neck there. The third time I got into a fight, but that one went fine as I went with my friends and in the end we peacefully resolved the situation. It gets much more safe after you get to know some people who live around there, that other people know, though. You see people beating the shit out of each other, even kid "gangs", and other people from there just pass by and carry on with their daily lives, it's an everyday thing.
After I started working, I moved to the opposite side of the city, lol.
Looks like a shithole. How often do you see dead bodies lying on the street?
I'm 27, turning 28 in September.
I am currently 2.5 years through my 4 year teaching degree. Doing a bachelor of education (primary) and also majoring in History so i will be able to teach high school history. Once i have finished this degree i will most likely go and teach for a few years in a school, then when my partner wants to have kids i will most likely end up being a stay at home dad so i will probably complete a Masters degree in education.
I am currently 2.5 years through my 4 year teaching degree. Doing a bachelor of education (primary) and also majoring in History so i will be able to teach high school history. Once i have finished this degree i will most likely go and teach for a few years in a school, then when my partner wants to have kids i will most likely end up being a stay at home dad so i will probably complete a Masters degree in education.
