wow... there's a lot of JUGs out there! (lol that one never gets old) awesome, thanks for that! found Antonio's website cheers for that!
also found this: http://community.java.net/projects/community/jugs there's a few more JUGs on there that aren't on the mashup. Big ups to the Java community, you guys are great! matt. 2009/5/19 Van Riper <[email protected]> > > On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 2:56 AM, Matthew Kerle <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Anyway, I'm going to France on an extended holiday shortly, over > > July-August, just a tourist visa nothing amazing. What I was wondering is > if > > there are any developers working in France who might have some pointers > for > > me on starting negotiations with recruitment agencies or employers while > I'm > > over there? > > > > Getting a working visa (for an Australian) in the EU without heritage is > a > > bit of a chicken-and-egg problem, so I'm looking at throwing my resume > > around while I'm over there in hopes of starting a dialogue with an > employer > > who would be willing to sponsor me to come over. I'd cover relocation > costs > > and getting there, I'm just looking for the opportunity to be able to > live > > in France writing Java! > > > > I'm not fussed about location, but obviously the main hubs are the major > > cities, Paris, Lyon, Touloise, Marseille etc, anywhere really is fine. > > Obviously in the middle of global economic freefall is not a good time > for > > this but can't really be helped... :-) > > > > Anyone have any ideas? > > Hi Matthew, > > This sounds like a job for the Java User Groups International Map! =) > > http://tr.im/jugmap > > Drill down into France using map navigation on the left and you will > find the location of known JUGs in France. For Paris, I would > recommend contacting Antonio Goncalves. The placemark on the map for > his Paris JUG has a link to his web site. If you would like to contact > Antonio and you can't easily make that happen from his web site, > contact me off list and I can put you in touch with Antonio. > > I'll make a general plug for the JUG's Map here as a resource when you > are traveling. If you want to find out about local JUGs in the areas > you will be visiting, this map is a great resource. There is a link to > the JUGs web site and the names of JUG Leaders are listed with either > a mailto link or a link to their personal web sites in most cases. > This map by no means captures every JUG in existence, but, it is the > most comprehensive resource for JUGs worldwide that I am aware of. > Even Sun uses this map and encourages JUGs to add themselves to this > map. > > Cheers, Van > > -- > | Michael "Van" Riper > | JUG-USA Interim President > | http://www.meetup.com/jug-usa/ > ---- > | Silicon Valley Web JUG > | mailto:[email protected] > | http://www.meetup.com/sv-web-jug/ > ---- > | Silicon Valley Google Technology User Group > | mailto:[email protected] > | http://www.meetup.com/sv-gtug/ > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
