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Matt Pill
15,689 PointsWorking Abroad
Can anyone give some good advice in this area?
Currently I live in the UK, but after doing stint of travelling a few years ago, me and my girlfriend would love nothing more now than to spend a few years living in a different country.
A bit of background - Over the last 6 months, I've dived into web development, specifically front-end development and it's my goal to turn this into a career. I'm working on a few sites now in hope that I can show my work in an online portfolio over the next couple of months.
We're aiming to try and live abroad probably in 18months-2 years time (maybe sooner though), so hopefully by then I'll have enough work behind me to try and find a job abroad.
The countries we're looking to move to are Singapore or Australia.
Does anyone have experience working in these countries and if so, any advice or information I should be aware of? Or any advice on looking for web development jobs abroad?
I want to be fully clued up before we go, to avoid just working in a boring sales role (been there, done that! Not for me!). Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks!
3 Answers
Frank Stepanski
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 1,565 PointsHi Matt
I don't but wish you the best of luck...I'm jealous :)
frank
Frank Stepanski
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 1,565 PointsWell, there are lots of job sites, so I'm guessing you can at least see what is available and what they are looking for. As far as how the whole interview process works, moving, etc... No idea :)
Ashlynn Pai
11,679 PointsYou might try asking in the lonelyplanet.com forum (in the Long Haul, Aus and Singapore sections).
Matt Pill
15,689 PointsThanks Ashlynn! I'll take a look now and see what info is about :)
Matt Pill
15,689 PointsMatt Pill
15,689 PointsThanks Frank - I'm excited about the possibility of doing it! I'm determined to make it happen, but I just need to know how easy it will be to get a job out there as a web developer! Fingers crossed someone can give me some good advice...