Hi Philippe Thanks a lot for the detailed advice! Sounds like I might be best off doing some freelancing with contacts here in Australia while living there on a tourist visa.
Thanks again! Rory On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 5:17 AM, Philippe May <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, > > Sorry for late reply. > > I'm a French living in Bangalore, currently working for an Indian firm > (actually a subsidiary of a French consulting company). > I had the same idea when i came here first, so let me share my experience. > > It is not easy for a foreigner to get a local job, firms usually won't > consider you unless they have a good reason to do so, like facing a western > customer (initially my case). And this schema is not the one commonly chosen > by the local main players: they usually hire foreigners only in their own > country to win the trust of their customers, while the "real" job is made > here by indian teams. Playing only on your technical skills is a miss imho. > > The expats who live here are usually on short term basis, trustful > employees sent here for starting up a local project. I don't think it's > possible to come to India as an independent worker either. > > So the first problem is to step in: almost the only way is to come on > tourist visa, which legally forbids you to look for a job or do any business > related activity. > Maybe an option could be: come and set up your own company (for example > private limited), there should be no big problem in doing so if you are very > patient with paper work, then get the status of employed director (you need > another director too). A local chartered accountant can help for few bucks. > Then you are on the market as an entrepreneur. > > Regarding Python jobs, other people on this list answered already. I use > heavily python "just" as a tool, my work not being a development project. > This list shows that there are talented people around! > > Anyways, don't hesitate to revert back, i'd be happy to help. > > Finally: no, you're not mad... but many people would assume you are mad ;) > > Philippe > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm an Australian who is considering living/working in Bangalore, I work > > with a lot of Indians here in Australia and figure why should they have > all > > the fun of coming to another country to work. > > > > The main questions I have are: > > > > - Do Bangalore IT companies hire many internationals? > > - Can you get by with English only? (I note with happiness all > > the correspondence on this list appears to be in English) > > - What are the Python job prospects like in Bangalore? > > - Do any of you work with/are internationals working in Bangalore and > > would be willing to talk to me about it in more depth? > > > > Any other insights people have would be much appreciated, for example: am > I > > mad? > > > > Thank you > > > > p.s. I hope this isn't too off topic/general but I figure since I belong > to > > the Melbourne PUG we're like brothers in arms :) > > -- > > Rory Hart > > > > _______________________________________________ > BangPypers mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
