 Poster: A snowHead
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I lived in Vancouver for a year, worked at the Intrawest IT dept (owners of Whistler) on a years fixed contract. Lived 2 blocks from the ocean, 10 mins from Grouse Mountain Gondola for night time skiing, 10 mins from some of the best mountain biking in the world on the Northshore Also had a free pass @ Whistler through work 
Intrawest IT dept is huge, over 100 people and they are often recruiting. I had a telephone interview from the UK, then the face to face the day after I arrived and then offered the job.
Best year of my life.
Some pics I posted a while back of the year
http://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?p=622915&highlight=#622915
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| davidof wrote: |
Lack of degree wouldn't be a problem for me but many HR departments will block hires without one. However I can't see you getting a job in France or Switzerland without a degree - even postmen have them. Europeans put much more emphasis on formal education than the Brits.
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It *is* possible providing the company want you enough - Mr Eng got his work permit with no degree and poor A levels before the permit situation eased. Some work permit applications are a work of art, but he'd been with the company for 11 years by then and they stressed insider knowledge as a critical requirement of the job. It's much easier now with the EU permits, but it's a cultural thing that the UK IT industry seems to regard a degree as a waste of time that could have been better spent getting experience - here even the grunts on the supermarket checkouts will often have been through a 4-year apprenticeship in "retail"; gardening is also a 4-year apprenticeship.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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you could always try some of the job boards if you are still looking for a IT Job
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| eng_ch wrote: |
| the grunts on the supermarket checkouts |
Careful!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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JoshC4, welcome to snowHeads.....it's good form not to pimp on your first post.
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just wanted to say thank you every one for there help .
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Madmonk, I think most people have mentioned Zurich/Geneva, it might be worth upping your status to CCIE ( I did and haven't looked back, albeit I lost 4 months of my social life studying for the damn thing) - with that under your belt, literally get's you head and shoulders above the rest.
Windy
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