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Hi Nicholas!
Spain is a very good and beautiful country.Quality of life is very
good.People is very open and they loves life and enjoying. At this moment
there are a lot of jobs about aix systems, but it is very probably that you
can win less money that in another country.
Main citys in which you can search jobs are Madrid and Barcelona.
Sorry but my english is very poor(i'm spanish).

Good luck.

Quote:> Hi:

> Does anyone know of good places to work in either the Netherlands,
> Switzerland or the UK?  I and my girlfriend are considering working
> in Europe for a while.  We both speak English.  She speaks French.
> I speak some Spanish (but I don't imagine there are a lot of AIX
> or UNIX jobs in Spain -- just a hunch) and she's learning Spanish.

> I'm a so-called AIX Advanced Techical Expert with 4 years of admin
> and development experience with various UNIX systems (AIX, Solaris
> and Linux).  She has a Master's in Computer Science from a good
> university in the US and has been doing development work for
> companies like DEC and Sybase since she graduated almost 10 years
> ago.  We'd like to work in the same city and we already work for
> the same company in the US, so it'd be nice to do the same in
> Europe.

> I'd like to hear about peoples' experience contracting or otherwise
> working in IT as an American expatriate, too, so I can know what
> to expect.

> Regards,

> Nicholas Dronen

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> $ more worth doing
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Most of the major AIX installations in the Netherlands seem to be based
around Den Haag, Utrecht or Eindhoven, of which Den Haag is probably the
nicest place to live.

The work visas and suchlike paperwork for non-EU citizens can be a pain
(being English I don't have that problem), on the other hand if you can
prove that you have "needed skills" (so there is a use for certification
after all), then there are tax breaks.

Don't know about the market in the UK at the moment, but you might want
to add Eire to your list of countries to consider.

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Regards,
Clive

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Quote:> Hi:

> Does anyone know of good places to work in either the Netherlands,
> Switzerland or the UK?  I and my girlfriend are considering working
> in Europe for a while.  We both speak English.  She speaks French.
> I speak some Spanish (but I don't imagine there are a lot of AIX
> or UNIX jobs in Spain -- just a hunch) and she's learning Spanish.

I'm a Spanish born in Geneva (Switzerland) who moved to the UK 2 years
ago.

In Switzerland, you won't really find many interesting jobs outside
Geneva or Zurich. Geneva is better to live in than Zurich I guess. There
is also a large "colony" of english-speaking people. Your biggest
problems will probably be getting a visa. You need a degree for a start
and an offer from a company.

In the UK, most of the best jobs seem to be concentrated in the Thames
Valley + London. The weather really sucks, but living close to London
has its advantages. I believe it's much easier to obtain a visa than in
Switzerland. Be aware that it is very very expensive (even worse than
Switzerland). A good place to look for jobs is www.jobserve.com. They
also have a few jobs around Europe.

Finally, you'll probably earn much less in Spain than in the other
countries, but the quality of life is much better (at least, that's my
opinion).