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What do they teach you at university nowadays??? When I was in university studying computer engineering (almost 20y ago) we were taught networking a very thoroughly! Not only every technology involved but even the small details of how everything worked (from Ethernet cable based network using csma/cd to WiFi). We even studied in details ALOHAnet!


I have been a home owner for roughly 20 years by now and I don’t think I spent more than 5k euros in maintenance so far…


6% interest rate? Things are crazy in the US! For my house I got 0.9% fixed rate over 10 years. No yearly fees.


As someone that has been living near Nice for the past 11 years I can tell you that rents outside tourists areas aren’t that high… not cheap but not 1k either


Glad they've come down. Anything in the city, not talking off the beach, just not up the hills nor a tiny studio underground a restaurant was in the 800+ euros monthly. Exclusive of extra charges even. That was in early 2000s, I figured the market took at least 20%.


He was also driving without a driving license (in France you can’t drive if you are 17)


Honestly I feel poor reading your salaries… although I do live in France where you can have a good standard of living with less! In my case around 60k for 35h a week… 15 years of experience.


Same for me, but that is really underpaid (even) for France though! I know a lot of people with less than 5years of experience getting 60K in France

You should definitely look for something new


On my area my salary seems relatively above average for my role/experience… I live in Côte d’Azur. I could earn a bit more changing company but I am not that keen to change… I just had a son and the relaxed environment allows plenty of time to spent with him!


You can easily get Parisian salaries with a french company while working remotely from the south

for 15 YoE it's wayyyy below average


As an Italian the government can’t really take away my citizenship (there are only 2 cases in which it can and both involve working for a foreign government and refusing to cease to work for it). And with my citizenship I can work everywhere in the EU. In fact I have been living for the past 15 years in France and I have no intention to get the French citizenship.


I'm not sure about Italy. But right now in France the situation is that the French government certainly can take away anyone's citizenship, without much justification. They just, at the moment, don't do it. You have to be an "enemy of the state", but there is no definition what that means. I find it very hard to believe this is merely an oversight.

And like I said, all it would take is a change in the executive.


I have 7 weeks plus bank holidays… but I am not in the US (mandatory days… you are obligated to take them all)


Sounds like a nice balance! You've got a great job :)


It sounds more like a nice country to me.


This! Vive la France!


What if someone isn’t a good worker? What is the procedure for getting rid of them?


You fire them… it’s harder than in other places put you can still do it. You just need a valid reason! I had at least a couple of colleagues other the years being fired! At least employees are not victims of the employer every whim! And this is a good thing!


Cool, thank you!


Is this just in your company or statutory somewhere?


Country law state 30 days for my kind of contract… but since I work more than your normal contract (in France the work week is 35h a week whilst I work 37h) I get extra 5 days. On top of that I have 5 days for sick children and unlimited sick days.


I am surprised by the amount of people doing psychedelics here! I know no one… and even expanding the drug pool at best I know a guy doing weed maybe once every 2 years. Is that common in the US doing drugs?


Are you sure you have been using chatgpt? In all my tests it understands logic extremely well! With version 4 it is even way better!


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