working abroad
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- anairn0
If you have an ex-pat network to latch on to and are going to one of the southern/eastern coasts, you can 'get away' with not speaking Spanish for a while - heck, if you know the right people, you could probably make a good wage, if you're capable enough and willing to put the hours in.
If you don't, or are heading toward the more central, metropolitan areas, you will NEED to speak good Spanish and will have to accept a pay cut (and Madrid isn't exactly cheap) and will be competing with every talented Spaniard (many of whom escape to London, etc, don't forget - think about why they do that).
Choosing to work in Spain, for the wrong reasons, is a bad idea. It all sounds great - but think about the realities of working in a hot country, in summertime, stuck in front of a computer and dealing with a culture that is, in work terms, quite markedly different from Britain (think 'loose' deadlines and old-boy networks).