Kind of pessimistic but hard to disagree with. Keeping your skills strong and learning other skills is good advice in any economy.
On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Blanford <[email protected]> wrote: > The problem with America is that everything is done to extremes. > The story always seems to be about feast or famine, never a happy > medium. > > What breaks my heart even more is the story of Europe. > > My favorites have always been the northern countries: > > Netherlands > Denmark > Germany > > It really seemed like they had a lot going for them, including some of > the most vibrant IT > environments on the planet. > > The big problem appears to be the Eurozone. > > The saying goes: lay down with dogs and you will wake up with fleas. > > The truth is that the whole world is in a lot of trouble right now and > people in the future > might have to become mobile in ways they never could have imagined in > times past. > > Life is moving fast these days and we might not have the luxury of > staying in one place for 10+ years. > > My advice is: > > - Go where you are needed/wanted. > - Do not buy real estate > - Keep your tech skills strong, but save some time to learn gardening > and other handy skills. > > Everything in the new world will be temporary and on an "as needed" > basis. > Do not fall in love with any job, country, government or technology. > > You need to be able to drop them as quick or quicker than they will > drop you. > > > > > > > On Jun 21, 9:41 am, Carl Jokl <[email protected]> wrote: > > I would have to tread carefully hear as it is not my intention to > > offend anyone in the US. I have thought about the US but firstly I > > seriously doubt that I would be allowed to emigrate to the US > > especially when unemployment is so high. > > > > In all honesty I feel like the US is a nice place to be able to visit > > but would have concerns about wanting to live there permanently. > > The US seems to be suffering from very much the same problems as the > > UK. I know that the US was always a much more powerful > > economy to begin with but going from one country with huge national > > debt, high unemployment and some serious crime problems in some > > areas to another country with huge national debt, high unemployment > > and some serious crime issues. I am not really thrilled by the the US > > love affair with guns but I could get over that. > > > > A lot of people in the US have the perception that everyone in the > > world would be falling over themselves to want to live in the US but > > honestly if it were just as easy to emigrate to the US as it was to > > emigrate to Canada I would still rather go to Canada. This is not a > > reflection on the people of the US as I have known a great number of > > really good American people and particularly been impressed how some > > of them are prepared to go out of their way to help people they hardly > > know. I would assume California must be pretty nice as I don't see > > otherwise why people would want to live en mass on top of a major > > fault line. I have heard some horror stories though from some who > > lived in the bad areas of California. I think many in the computing > > world have a kind of spiritual home in Silicon Valley whether or not > > they choose to live there. > > -- > 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]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- Robert Casto www.IWantFreeShipping.com Find Amazon Filler Items easily! -- 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.
