After a lecture on jobs in biology, I find myself in another crisis. Not one of those "what will I do in the future", more of a "how can I survive with what I want to do in the future
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I believe that anyone willing to work hard can make a fairly easy living in America. A single part time job is not enough, depending on if you live in an expensive big city or in the inexpensive smaller towns. The job market is broad, things are relatively cheap and easy to come by, but I think that a lot of the bias that other countries have agains against americans has at least some basis in reality. If you had any specific questions about life here, I'd be glad to answer them. =]
Well, if I was to live in America, I would go for the smaller towns, I freak out in big cities. XD
Sincerely, I don't have a big interest in America, mostly because of some flaws that other people point out. The private medical system scares me a lot, I never understood the insurance thing and I prefer a free treatment or what least pay low for something I have the right to (seriously, health is for everyone).
Other reason is because I believe that living there is dangerous, specially because of people with guns at home. Maybe this is a bad assumption, but that's the idea we get here in Europe.
But I believe America is not that bad, if it was people wouldn't live in there. :)
Oh, I do have one question. Do you know how the scientific job market is in there? More specifically, the biodiversidy and conservation branch? I know America has lots of conservation projects (Yellowstone, the American Eagle, etc.) but I'm curious if it's easy to get a real fix job (and not a scholarship) in that area.
Not a problem at all. The private medical system is a very very valid point. I -believe- that will change in my lifetime, but not even I would hold my breath waiting for it to happen. *laughs
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A teacher of mine gave me some advice at university. It was something like "For the life of you, learn moar skills! D: " As in, become fluent in a useful language, take a translation course, go to writing workshops to learn how to write about specific subjects (as in, to publish and be paid for it), take specific and advanced computing courses... (she mentioned more, but I can't remember right now x.x )
Anything that will make you useful - more useful than others - to a company, was basically what I was told to go after.
Although I have the same worry, I don't want to consider leaving Portugal yet... I'll just try and improve myself in different areas, to make myself stand out more than others. And I mean, it can't be easier as an immigrant.
Your area is good for technical translating, I believe (with scientific papers and essays, for example). It can be something part-time too, something to do on the side of your main/dream job.
It's quite true, the more skilful you are the more you can get a job. Actually, that advice is quite useful for our country, aqui ser multi-funções é uma qualidade exigida, infelizmente na minha opinião, porque é melhor saber-se poucas coisas mas muito bem do que saber tudo mas mal. D
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Sincerely, I don't have a big interest in America, mostly because of some flaws that other people point out. The private medical system scares me a lot, I never understood the insurance thing and I prefer a free treatment or what least pay low for something I have the right to (seriously, health is for everyone).
Other reason is because I believe that living there is dangerous, specially because of people with guns at home. Maybe this is a bad assumption, but that's the idea we get here in Europe.
But I believe America is not that bad, if it was people wouldn't live in there. :)
Oh, I do have one question. Do you know how the scientific job market is in there? More specifically, the biodiversidy and conservation branch? I know America has lots of conservation projects (Yellowstone, the American Eagle, etc.) but I'm curious if it's easy to get a real fix job (and not a scholarship) in that area.
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A teacher of mine gave me some advice at university. It was something like "For the life of you, learn moar skills! D: "
As in, become fluent in a useful language, take a translation course, go to writing workshops to learn how to write about specific subjects (as in, to publish and be paid for it), take specific and advanced computing courses... (she mentioned more, but I can't remember right now x.x )
Anything that will make you useful - more useful than others - to a company, was basically what I was told to go after.
Although I have the same worry, I don't want to consider leaving Portugal yet... I'll just try and improve myself in different areas, to make myself stand out more than others. And I mean, it can't be easier as an immigrant.
Your area is good for technical translating, I believe (with scientific papers and essays, for example). It can be something part-time too, something to do on the side of your main/dream job.
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