OfCourseNot

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[–] OfCourseNot@fedia.io 42 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Uhm... Poland... that... those signs were for the toilets mates. I mean, fair mistake, but what did you put on the restroom doors then?

Edit: they're not like that.

collapsed inline mediaWarsaw. Dec 2022.

[–] OfCourseNot@fedia.io 6 points 1 month ago

You're not far off. We don't call it 'federal government' but in practice it's exactly that, in the same line that we call the prime minister 'presidente'.

[–] OfCourseNot@fedia.io 4 points 1 month ago

Completely agree. Also, I'm a Spaniard and kind of a 'screw expert' and have heard the sentence in the post like twice in my life so not that common of a mnemonic. I usually say something like 'clockwise because time's tight' ('en el sentido de las agujas del reloj porque el tiempo aprieta').

[–] OfCourseNot@fedia.io 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It means 'half joking' but yours is funnier.

[–] OfCourseNot@fedia.io 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Them brows though. /hj

[–] OfCourseNot@fedia.io 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

'k I'll bite. Which one's the first?

[–] OfCourseNot@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

We had fava beans in Europe I think. But add to that list peppers, turkey, tobacco...

[–] OfCourseNot@fedia.io -1 points 2 months ago

To be honest they were super cheap. A Barbie doll or another name brand toy cost the same as the euro store crap this side of the pond. When I visited the states I brought Barbie's and Levi's jeans as souvenirs! Literally the same price as the shitty key rings I bought at the airport.

[–] OfCourseNot@fedia.io 3 points 2 months ago

More than the south sure. As a tourist you wouldn't have any difficulty getting directions or ordering at restaurants or things like that. Places where you can work effectively without any knowledge of the local language are more difficult to find. And those are the hardest countries to get in as a migrant.

[–] OfCourseNot@fedia.io 1 points 2 months ago

Well in Germany there's a greater percentage of English speakers than in other European countries, I don't think there are many teams in Spain, Italy or France speaking in English.

I'm not in IT so my knowledge is not first hand but I do know that while there are jobs the competition is crazy, job offers for a single position or two get thousands of applications. For a company to hire someone on the other side of the pond op would have to really stand out from the other thousand applicants.

[–] OfCourseNot@fedia.io 3 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I don't want to demoralize you just to be realistic. Those languages aren't getting you very far (maybe try in Ireland or malta), English proficiency in the eu isn't great. Also those fields you listed are super saturated.

When you say remote do you mean working from the states? A European wage with American CoL? I think many Americans think we're paid the same as them. We are not. A waiter in the us prolly makes more than a (medical) doctor or an engineer over here, and I'm not talking about fresh out of college.

Hotels, bars, restaurants in some touristy areas in Spain (east coast, Mallorca, Ibiza..) do hire native English speakers. Also teaching English as a second language. But I'm not sure you'll get many offers without being already here.

[–] OfCourseNot@fedia.io -1 points 2 months ago

No, that's not my assumption. Where did I say that? Rich people are mostly born, not made.

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