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Visiting the World, as a Geek?

Posted by Cliff on from the globe-trotting dept.

Han Onymous asks: "In nine months my contract as a research assistent at my Alma Mater will come to an end. It will not be renewed, I don't want it to be anyway. But outside the economy is too ill to welcome me. I am young. I am healthy. And I want to see the world before I've got the wife and the kids and the double mortgage. I have no money saved, and I don't plan to save some until then. What can a skillful geek (electrical, electronical and software engineer, speaks three languages fluently) like me do to see the world. Volunteer ? Working for a multinational with exchange programs? Something with no connection at all to the tech world? Please share your experience."

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  1. How to see the world... by surfcow · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... accept a job where "very little travel is involved".

    That did it for me.

    aloha,
    =brian

  2. Well... by NanoGator · · Score: 5, Funny

    ..you could join the Army and visit the Middle East. Sunny skies, high tech environment, and the lucky winner can play a game of "Whack the Laden"!

    *hopes that joke wasn't in too bad of taste, midly bad taste is acceptable*

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    "Derp de derp."
    1. Re:Well... by bcemoli · · Score: 5, Funny


      Texas?

  3. What to do.. by Maskirovka · · Score: 5, Funny
    The choice should be clear...
    1) learn to speak three lanuages fluently
    2) become a tech god
    3) leave school
    4) set up your own international smut business
    5) PROFIT!

  4. Language is the key by rholland356 · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you want to see the world, earning your keep as you go, then you'll have to rely on your three fluent languages.

    I hope they aren't too modern, for much of the world has yet to catch up. For instance, you might be fluent in Java 1.4, but that won't help you when you are in Perl territory.

    I suppose you could travel a ways on COBOL--particularly through Europe--but I'd have to say it is C that will take you around the globe in good fashion.

    Robert

  5. Just remember... by sterno · · Score: 5, Funny

    If travelling the world and having problems, just remember this one important phrase:

    "Don't shoot, I'm Candian!"

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    1. Re:Just remember... by SmoothOperator · · Score: 5, Funny

      This will not work. They will immediately recognize you as an American. You have to say "I am CanAdian!"

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      Veni, vidi, vici.

  6. a little presumtious, I'd say by SethJohnson · · Score: 5, Funny


    If you're an electrical engineering major who reads slashdot, I wouldn't be too confident that the wife and kids thing will just fall into your lap later on down the road. You might want to get to work on that part right away. It could take some time to implement.

    Seth
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    $5 / month hosted VPS on linux = awesome!
  7. Here's a thought by The+Bungi · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hear Saddam Hussein is hiring electrical engineers that know a lot about high-speed centrifuges. Apparently they use them for making baby formula, go figure.

  8. Re:Peace Corp by Chundra · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's the spirit. Hey, I just bought an American flag sticker today, but I didn't put it on my bumper. Nah, that's not appropriate for my country, instead I put it smack dab in the middle of the gas cap on my BMW. God Bless America!