and Co. That one hit this past summer from Truth Hurts...Addictive. Dre helped produce it along with DJ Quik. The song has heavy Indian Influences. He's being sued by some lawyer on behalf of the composer of the original version in India. I've heard the original. They totally ripped it off. It is basically the same song with Truth Hurts vocals dubbed over. This is a multi-million seller in India. Somehow they though they would get away with it.
More info here....
http://www.musiclw.com/events.html
I got the hell out as soon as I could after the Chimp was installed and I haven't looked back. Well, sometimes I miss Oreos and Reese's Peanut Buttercups. Mmmm.
It sounds like Steve Suppe already has some sort of stable plan waiting for him when he gets there. But in the case of $$$exy's friend, it doesn't sound like it. Somebody with a wife and kid shouldn't even make the move without either having a job lined up, or enough money in the bank to take intense (4 hours a day, 5 days a week) German lessons for the first 4 months. You have to first learn German to such the extent that you can communicate and even schedule a job interview. What also helps is a German friend who understands the bureaucracy and knows how to deal with it. I had to apply in order to apply for a drivers license. How whack is that?
The job market is bad (where is it not?) but if you have skills in IT and are good at what you do, and speak English, you should be alright. At the job your gonna have to speak German but if you can read the online manuals in English before the German ones are published, you will have an advantage. It might sound somewhat elitist to say that but in IT a fluent grasp of English goes a long way.
The average salary is less than in the states and about 40% percent of my check is taxed, but I have 35 paid vacation days every year, and better health benefits than I will ever have in the US. Plus a 38 hour work week. That's just with public health insurance.
Its a big change in your life to make but if you prepare ahead and do your research, the transition can be much smoother.
Oh yeah and when you get there and need DSL, I recommend looking up Telkom or Arcor.
Quatsch!!
I would have to disagree about Schlund+Partner AG. They are not doing a very good job at filtering spam although i must admit 6 months ago it was a complete nightmare because all of their SMTP servers were open relays and they were all blacklisted. It was impossible to run a business due to every single email being sent back because the Schlund servers were blacklisted. There has been a bit of improvement since they finally set up a SMTP server requiring SMTP AUTH. But the amount of spam getting through is crazy. The fews times I have talked to them on the phone concerning the problem they were very rude and basically said they don't care. Emails and questions concerning the spam problem and any other problems are rarely returned with other than a form letter. If they do reply it's usually rude, short and worded to make it seem like it's my fault. Typical German Customer Service i.e. none. We're looking for another ISP but it's pretty slim pickins over here.
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Dammit, rats, shit, sonovabitch, crap. That sucks but I can imagine what kind of legal hell Apple must be sifting through in order to sort it out.
and Co. That one hit this past summer from Truth Hurts...Addictive. Dre helped produce it along with DJ Quik. The song has heavy Indian Influences. He's being sued by some lawyer on behalf of the composer of the original version in India. I've heard the original. They totally ripped it off. It is basically the same song with Truth Hurts vocals dubbed over. This is a multi-million seller in India. Somehow they though they would get away with it. More info here.... http://www.musiclw.com/events.html
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I got the hell out as soon as I could after the Chimp was installed and I haven't looked back. Well, sometimes I miss Oreos and Reese's Peanut Buttercups. Mmmm.
It sounds like Steve Suppe already has some sort of stable plan waiting for him when he gets there. But in the case of $$$exy's friend, it doesn't sound like it. Somebody with a wife and kid shouldn't even make the move without either having a job lined up, or enough money in the bank to take intense (4 hours a day, 5 days a week) German lessons for the first 4 months. You have to first learn German to such the extent that you can communicate and even schedule a job interview. What also helps is a German friend who understands the bureaucracy and knows how to deal with it. I had to apply in order to apply for a drivers license. How whack is that?
The job market is bad (where is it not?) but if you have skills in IT and are good at what you do, and speak English, you should be alright. At the job your gonna have to speak German but if you can read the online manuals in English before the German ones are published, you will have an advantage. It might sound somewhat elitist to say that but in IT a fluent grasp of English goes a long way.
The average salary is less than in the states and about 40% percent of my check is taxed, but I have 35 paid vacation days every year, and better health benefits than I will ever have in the US. Plus a 38 hour work week. That's just with public health insurance.
Its a big change in your life to make but if you prepare ahead and do your research, the transition can be much smoother.
Oh yeah and when you get there and need DSL, I recommend looking up Telkom or Arcor.
Quatsch!! I would have to disagree about Schlund+Partner AG. They are not doing a very good job at filtering spam although i must admit 6 months ago it was a complete nightmare because all of their SMTP servers were open relays and they were all blacklisted. It was impossible to run a business due to every single email being sent back because the Schlund servers were blacklisted. There has been a bit of improvement since they finally set up a SMTP server requiring SMTP AUTH. But the amount of spam getting through is crazy. The fews times I have talked to them on the phone concerning the problem they were very rude and basically said they don't care. Emails and questions concerning the spam problem and any other problems are rarely returned with other than a form letter. If they do reply it's usually rude, short and worded to make it seem like it's my fault. Typical German Customer Service i.e. none. We're looking for another ISP but it's pretty slim pickins over here.