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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."

6 of 624 comments (clear)

  1. Re:First post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    get a real job, and stop fucking around, fuckwit!

  2. One word by djupedal · · Score: 0, Troll

    ....Asia

  3. Join the Army Reserve by dillon_rinker · · Score: 2, Troll

    Travel to exciting distant lands. Meet exotic, interesting people. And kill them. (But only on weekends).

  4. Get some credit cards by anthony_dipierro · · Score: 2, Troll

    "save" $10-20K from your pay by buying everything on credit cards, use that as a down payment on a 2-4 unit apartment building, then travel off the residual income. If you have good credit and a job you can surely get $20K or so in unsecured credit at 9.9% or lower (and probably 0-2% for the first 6 months).

  5. Re:Armed Forces by Dunkalis · · Score: 0, Troll

    Out of curiousity, why is this modded funny? The military is a great option. They even pay for college, but its a little too late for that.

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  6. Re:Peace Corp by SPiKe · · Score: 0, Troll

    errr, I meant "something the Armed Forces used to build its self"