Buying a bike this week. I'm still doing well here, but I'm over trying to fight my way up a subway where everyone is going the same direction with no room given for people going the other way. I don't get it, it just makes me angry and I'm over it.
Perfect solution. You start swinging that bike frame around as you walk that congested subway and people will clear out of your way in a heartbeat (or get struck in the process).
Or, you could just ride it to work, I suppose...
Buying a deadly treadly this week. I'm still bonza here, but I'm over having a blue with the galahs in the subway where everyone is going the same direction with no room given for blokes going the other way. I don't get it, it just makes me mad as a cut snake and I'm over it.
Corrected for grammar.
t's probably a giant city thing.
You ever take the tube in London near peak times? :Thousand yard stare:
There's a reason I live in Canberra.
Three day tickets sold out a few months in advance, Saturday a bit after that, and Friday and Sunday closer to the actual day, iirc.
I didn't make a flag for nothing! That said, it's an expensive trip for people in other states, and not everyone is interested in PAX. But there's no other national gathering that's likely to pull a lot of goodjers.
We didn't have a lot of meetings outside our camp in the tabletop area last year. I was busy with working the convention, and everyone is pretty exhausted after
I'll be there again. Probably with some form of ambassador role in the Tabletop area.
If you apply for permanent residency can't you just leave whenever you want and come back to the US? Seems like not applying will shut more doors than open, while the opposite is true for applying.
Good luck! Are you holding off on applying because of the cost? Depending on which visa you came over on, could you broach something like a 457 skilled migrant visa with potential employers? That would imply a certain level of commitment.
If you apply for permanent residency can't you just leave whenever you want and come back to the US? Seems like not applying will shut more doors than open, while the opposite is true for applying.
This is what I want to know as well. If PR opens certain doors and doesn't cost you too much, either monetarily or otherwise, it might be the smart play regardless of y'all not knowing yet what you want to do.
Good luck!
If the only thing adding to the immediate pressure is "losing your Super" then I'd say don't worry about it. It's a bit of a blow losing some of your income, but if that is the only pressure being applied to you to make a decision in the 2 year window, instead of your planned 4, then blow it off as an "operartional loss" that you don't really miss.
I'm not sure if it's different for you from a "foreign worker" perspective, but most Aussies see Super as something their employer has to do anyway, so we don't really rely on it, or count it as "income". Sure, that will bite most of us on the arse when we come to retire, but for now, that's decades away...
We'll probably have to move in 2.5 years for my partner's career and definitely have to move again two years after that (and very likely a third time two years after that) so I can definitely sympathise on that front. It does have a funny effect on your outlook on a lot of things, particularly when a lot of our friends are having kids, buying houses, and so on.
DS, what visa did you get to enter Australia. Subclass 600 is a visitor visa that grants no work rights; chances are you came in via a 457 or sponsored by your wife as she would have a 457 visa to work. No need to answer via PM or otherwise, just flagging it FYI (I'm a registered migration agent if you need help).
With permanent residence in Australia, you will need to stay at least 2 out of every 5 years to retain PR. So you can travel to and fro freely but minimum residence time is a factor to consider.
I'll post something on your super issue later. I kinda locked myself out of the house with my 2 kids and waiting for the CEO to bail us out.
A stranger in your own land? Sounds like that Aussie assimilation has been more effective than you'd anticipated.
What are you missing the most, that you're not getting "back home", if it's not too probing a question?
Sorry to hear that you're not enjoying your visit, DSG. I was just thinking about you an hour or so ago, actually, because someone on Reddit suggested I check out a band from Sydney.
I assume you're in PNW?
Not uncommon at all in my experience.
You're in Texas? Can I recommend some good restaurants?
Back in the day I was told that I needed to have 5 years experience with Websphere, only 2 years after IBM had released the platform (maybe I was supposed to have been a member of the IBM Websphere dev team or something). Recruiters can be stupid, hope it doesn't get to you too much.
Good luck with the job search, DSG!
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