Reply to: Opportunities abroad

[huytonturbo]

ok thanks for all the replies guys, great stuff. I didnt realise the rates were average and that it was more effort than was initially relised. I had heard tales of granduer. I guess its a dead end!

Thanks guys

[aussielong]

HI huys and gals

Been contracting for 2-3 years now and want to take it to the next level.
This involves possible relocation to a foreign land.
My question if anyone could direct me is..where can i find out about possible contracts in say dubia or iraq?
Ive heard stories that suggest a very healthy wage! but cannot find any info or direction to go in.
Any advice would be great.

Cheers

jobsindubai.com

dont bother with Iraq - we will be seeing you in on the TV with 6 balaclavered blokes behind you reading from a hymn sheet.

[Pickle2]

The rate in Iraq wasn't that good last year - I sent a job to a mate of mine about it. Oracle Financials implementation - paid about £1k a day, but it was in Baghdad.

The rate was only marginally better than the UK but it was all tax free, but I'd want more danger money than that.

Can I work from home?

[ChimpMaster]

The rate in Iraq wasn't that good last year - I sent a job to a mate of mine about it. Oracle Financials implementation - paid about £1k a day, but it was in Baghdad.

The rate was only marginally better than the UK but it was all tax free, but I'd want more danger money than that.

Danger money? But even £5k a day wouldn't be worth it when you are 6ft under.

Ironically i would have been safer to go there if Saddam was still in power (and I don't mean from his hole in the ground!).

[TheFaQQer]

The rate in Iraq wasn't that good last year - I sent a job to a mate of mine about it. Oracle Financials implementation - paid about £1k a day, but it was in Baghdad.

The rate was only marginally better than the UK but it was all tax free, but I'd want more danger money than that.

[TimberWolf]

...seriously it was as if I called Jehovah’s name in vein – it was bloody and not pretty, people got banned, others threatened to leave the forum

I don't think it ought to be blasphemy, just saying 'Jehovah'. Oooh! He said it again!

[milanbenes]

tulip


that's the thing, amazing when agents call and say how much you want to go to a project in arabia, and it's like even if the rate is more than you can imagine, and you end up being the unlucky sod who is a victim of something then the rate is irrelevent

all the best,

Milan.

[BoredBloke]

Iraq is not so bad really. You're more likely to get killed cycling in the City of London for example, and at least it is more likely to be quick on the spot A&E care over there.

I know somebody who wouldn't agree with that. He earned a mint out there until he got shot in the neck. He now has nothing from the neck down. It's quite sad as he was a really good bloke.

[NotAllThere]

"in vain"

[SandyDown]

HI huys and gals

Been contracting for 2-3 years now and want to take it to the next level.
This involves possible relocation to a foreign land.
My question if anyone could direct me is..where can i find out about possible contracts in say dubia or iraq?
Ive heard stories that suggest a very healthy wage! but cannot find any info or direction to go in.
Any advice would be great.

Cheers

Huytonturbo , we had a thread like this a couple of months ago, then I dared to say that I am thinking of somewhere in the middle-east …OMG you should have been there, all the abuse, stoning, attacking, seriously it was as if I called Jehovah’s name in vein – it was bloody and not pretty, people got banned, others threatened to leave the forum.

Perhaps its wise not to start the war again. You'll have the whole gang saying and what's wrong with England? eh? What did the Romans ever do for us eh?

[BlasterBates]

Yes there are various organisations, the main focus is on security. Al Queda recruit from time to time, though they are a "not for profit" organisation focusing more on the fundamentals of religion than .NET or J2EE.

[milanbenes]

huytonturbo,

are you an IT Contractor or some other form of contractor (ala Blackwater in Iraq) ?

Milan.

[threaded]

Iraq is not so bad really. You're more likely to get killed cycling in the City of London for example, and at least it is more likely to be quick on the spot A&E care over there.

[Board Game Geek]

It's a 1PT...nothing to see here...move along.

1PT = 1 Post Troll

[RandyW]

HI huys and gals

Been contracting for 2-3 years now and want to take it to the next level.
This involves possible relocation to a foreign land.
My question if anyone could direct me is..where can i find out about possible contracts in say dubia or iraq?
Ive heard stories that suggest a very healthy wage! but cannot find any info or direction to go in.
Any advice would be great.

Cheers

You won't make tulip in Dubai, it's full of cheap Indians.

If you want to go to Iraq then you must be mental.