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So I received 3 job offers in France at the moment, the one pays well, it will more than double what my salary was in SA (in terms of the cost of living I will be a bit worse off, it is however at a smaller company and I doubt I will be learning anything new if I decide to stay for at least 3 years. The other job pays less, I am still better off than I would have been have I stayed in SA, however I do see room for growth and opportunity in the next few years.

The 3rd job is based in Geneva, which is a nice location, it is probably just as expensive to live in as in France. All 3 of them require my french skills to be good, but I have some confidence in the language at the moment. I haven't gotten the remuneration settled yet, but I guess it wont be much more than the 2nd job in France.

So at what age should you stop looking for experience and have the confidence to just go for money?
 
Nicodeamus said:
The 3rd job is based in Geneva, which is a nice location, it is probably just as expensive to live in as in France.
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lol no Geneva will be way more expensive than France.

Nicodeamus said:
So at what age should you stop looking for experience and have the confidence to just go for money?
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Ideally never. I mean even if you're a director of a big company there is still lots to learn & the money should follow on its own.
 
Geneva is horrendously expensive (even at Swiss standards), so if you do go for that option stay in the little French town just across the border. Many of the CERN employees do that, especially the students working there while doing their post-grad studies.

Also the first place I saw a milk vending machine.
 
Um...not sure if you have done your research, Switzerland is really really expensive. France is surprisingly cheap.....I live in the Netherlands which is considered far more expensive than France and honestly you only need to earn about 20% more for the same lifestyle. You will be surprised what you save in terms of medical, TV, internet security, etc. When I moved last year at R12.5 to €1 the Netherlands was actually cheaper to live in, many things here are still cheaper than SA even at R18 to €1.......

Just be logical and don't live right in a central city, live 4km out and things become very cheap.
Then you will need to eat out less as Europeans waiting staff actually get paid which pushes prices up.
 
Vaughan said:
Um...not sure if you have done your research, Switzerland is really really expensive. France is surprisingly cheap.....I live in the Netherlands which is considered far more expensive than France and honestly you only need to earn about 20% more for the same lifestyle. You will be surprised what you save in terms of medical, TV, internet security, etc. When I moved last year at R12.5 to €1 the Netherlands was actually cheaper to live in, many things here are still cheaper than SA even at R18 to €1.......

Just be logical and don't live right in a central city, live 4km out and things become very cheap.
Then you will need to eat out less as Europeans waiting staff actually get paid which pushes prices up.
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There is a vast difference between Paris and France in terms of cost of living. Paris is enormously expensive (London style) especially if you look at the food and beer prices. I expect Geneva to be more or less the same and to clarity I will be based on the French side of Geneva (the small french town).
 
OrbitalDawn said:
Geneva is horrendously expensive (even at Swiss standards), so if you do go for that option stay in the little French town just across the border. Many of the CERN employees do that, especially the students working there while doing their post-grad studies.

Also the first place I saw a milk vending machine.
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That is where I will be based, for clarification and it is more or less the same than Paris to live there (probably a bit more expensive).
 
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