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Home -> Community -> Mailing Lists -> Oracle-L -> RE: * I'm Looking for an Oracle Financials DBA for Miami,
I was having a similar conversation with a friend of mine a couple of months ago. We were both London (England) based consultants, but we'd been staffed on engagements in Amsterdam (Holland). The cost-of-living is indeed a lot less, if you look at things like grocery shopping, the cost of riding the T, rent you'd pay on an apartment etc. But then, average pay is a lot less too, if you convert to GBP or USD and compare to London or Boston (MA), and the rate of tax is higher.
Anyway, he really liked it there, and was thinking about a permanent relocation. I said, that will mean a big cut in your pay, to local rates, and replied that it didn't matter, he would be able to afford a much better quality of life than he could living in London. So, he had a point, he would have less money, but that money would go further, and he liked the Dutch pace of life and attitude, which is a lot more relaxed than London or the East Coast (I think that's what he's done now). But what quality of life is, is subjective. I love to travel, and even tho' I was traveling a lot for work, whenever I took vacation I'd get straight back on a plane and go visit friends somewhere else in the world, or just go exploring. This freedom is important to my perception of quality of life. Which means that when I think about remuneration, I have to benchmark my salary against cost of living in different cities, the cost of airline tickets/hotels/hire cars, even the exchange rates between currencies. (A plague on the Chancellor for the USD/GBP rate at the moment).
So, that's complicated, but it does mean that I'm happy to work long hours, because that's the way of life that I have chosen. Maybe in a few years what will matter to me most is personal time, and then I'll take a job that lets me work fewer hours and I won't mind having less money.
Cheers,
g
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Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 11:36 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
I disagree with your disagreement :)
I would still say - like Lee - that the cost of LIVING over in the
states is
far less than over here - maybe not in the Netherlands (But I'd be
shocked
if it wasn't).
House prices, taxes, food bills, clothes, petrol, car prices.. The list
could go on and on.. You may have been on holiday, and bought all the
fun
things TOURISTS go for, but have you considered the cost of LIVING
there? I
have, and must say it has tempted me on more than one occasion - ALMOST
went
over a couple of years ago to be the web master for my former employee..
Then my great little bundle of joy came along.. Oh well.. one day..
Anyone looking for a junior DBA? :->
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