Working Abroad
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- JazX0
I was a young buck straight out of college and went into the US Peace Corps. Stayed in South West Africa (Namibia) for 2.5 years and worked as a Secondary Education Teacher under the Cambridge (UK) School System. Stayed another 1.5 years working for UNESCO as a Geoscientist/explorationist (more like baby sitter) for a mine pulling out Tantallite. Travelled back and forth to South Africa quite often, Cape Town and the costal towns along the wine route. Much fun all together and you learn a lot. Met some crazy cats in Namibia, one of whom was a Sri Lankan telecommunications programmer working for Deutsch Telekom in Namibia (former German Colony, blah, blah), he got another IBM contracting position with Telia of Sweden in Helsinki, Finland. Got to go there and work for 6 months as a web/technical writer contractor as well. Bounced around the EU doing little things. Much fun. All in all a good time.
Honestly, if you are looking for a job in another country, you are going to either have to be working through some approved agency (work permit), or have the right to work there through marriage, etc. It's not that easy, but once you get in you can work your way around.