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New comment by gvdp in "Suicide of an Uber engineer: Widow blames job stress"

gvdp — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 07:44:54 +0000

Kudos. I wish I had done the same. Years ago an old friend got in touch and we started taking about going to see the Corvette museum together. For various reasons I couldn't do the trip any time soon. Not long after he killed himself. I don't know if going on that trip would've changed anything, but I'm forever left with the doubt. I can't say I will never again, but I don't want to ever let down friends or family again.

New comment by gvdp in "NPM and Left-Pad: Have We Forgotten How to Program?"

gvdp — Thu, 24 Mar 2016 12:12:39 +0000

If "true" is not a valid answer, what would've been one? Similar code in C# returns the same. E.g. Console.WriteLine("שלום".ToUpperInvariant()=="שלום") returns true.

New comment by gvdp in "Ask HN: Help. I need to go away from here"

gvdp — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 11:00:55 +0000

As an Italian expat myself (now an American expat to Europe), having been in the same situation you are now, I'd like to give you my opinion, based on my experience and life (with all the caveats that those two imply).

It sums up in a few steps:

1. Save some money for at least two months of surviving (not living large.. surviving). 2. Pick a city among London, Edinburgh, or Amsterdam. Find a cheap place to sleep & eat. 3. Book a ticket. 4. Pack your bag. 5. Move. 6. Apply to any job in your field. Do start with internships or entry level jobs. 7. Get better at the craft. 8. Repeat from step 6, optionally step 2, till you are content.

In short, it's all up to you, so just do it. Seriously.

You are young and in a field wide open. You live in a first world country surrounded by more first world countries. Today is so easy to emigrate that it's ridiculous. By the way, you'll find out that the grass on the other side is not that green.. but that's something that will take time.

I'd like to add two more controversial opinions:

. It's really hard to be an expat. No matter where you're from and which country you go.

. Forget the USA for now. Is not what it used to be, and this coming from someone who went to the US, and is now an American. Go to England or the Netherlands. Germany is good too!

Cheers.