Yes, you are . I still remember my relaxed stay for 3 years in Amsterdam
between 1984 to 1987.
Have a nice time,always
Regards
Rafiq
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Sounds like I'm working in one of the more relaxed countries of the world,
with a low cost-of-living :). You've just made my day. I'll go home
whistling and in a very good mood, today !
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Van: Guy Hammond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Verzonden: donderdag 21 juni 2001 14:31
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Onderwerp: RE: * I'm Looking for an Oracle Financials DBA for Miami,
I was having a similar conversation with a friend of mine a couple of
months ago. We were both London (England) based consultants, but we'd
been staffed on engagements in Amsterdam (Holland). The cost-of-living
is indeed a lot less, if you look at things like grocery shopping, the
cost of riding the T, rent you'd pay on an apartment etc. But then,
average pay is a lot less too, if you convert to GBP or USD and compare
to London or Boston (MA), and the rate of tax is higher.
Anyway, he really liked it there, and was thinking about a permanent
relocation. I said, that will mean a big cut in your pay, to local
rates, and replied that it didn't matter, he would be able to afford a
much better quality of life than he could living in London. So, he had a
point, he would have less money, but that money would go further, and he
liked the Dutch pace of life and attitude, which is a lot more relaxed
than London or the East Coast (I think that's what he's done now). But
what quality of life is, is subjective. I love to travel, and even tho'
I was traveling a lot for work, whenever I took vacation I'd get
straight back on a plane and go visit friends somewhere else in the
world, or just go exploring. This freedom is important to my perception
of quality of life. Which means that when I think about remuneration, I
have to benchmark my salary against cost of living in different cities,
the cost of airline tickets/hotels/hire cars, even the exchange rates
between currencies. (A plague on the Chancellor for the USD/GBP rate at
the moment).
So, that's complicated, but it does mean that I'm happy to work long
hours, because that's the way of life that I have chosen. Maybe in a few
years what will matter to me most is personal time, and then I'll take a
job that lets me work fewer hours and I won't mind having less money.
Cheers,
g
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