Re: [BangPypers] Internationals getting Python/Programming Jobs (steve)

2010-02-11 Thread Rory Hart
Hi Philippe Thanks a lot for the detailed advice! Sounds like I might be best off doing some freelancing with contacts here in Australia while living there on a tourist visa. Thanks again! Rory On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 5:17 AM, Philippe May wrote: > Hi, > > Sorry for late reply. > > I'm a Frenc

Re: [BangPypers] Internationals getting Python/Programming Jobs (steve)

2010-02-10 Thread Philippe May
Hi, Sorry for late reply. I'm a French living in Bangalore, currently working for an Indian firm (actually a subsidiary of a French consulting company). I had the same idea when i came here first, so let me share my experience. It is not easy for a foreigner to get a local job, firms usually wo

Re: [BangPypers] Internationals getting Python/Programming Jobs

2010-02-07 Thread steve
Hi, On 02/06/2010 03:04 PM, Srinivas Reddy Thatiparthy wrote: >Umm, widen your choice beyond Bangalore. Consider places like Pune, Delhi (including NCR) and Hyderabad. In Hyderabad , I know of two companies which use python for Automation testing. One is Emerson Network Power Two is Intoto in

Re: [BangPypers] Internationals getting Python/Programming Jobs

2010-02-06 Thread Rory Hart
Thanks a lot for all these great answers! I had heard many of the negatives of the India IT industry from my colleagues but figure everyone has different views on the matter. Pune certainly sounds interesting (both climatically and socially) and I am considering freelancing but I do like the idea

Re: [BangPypers] Internationals getting Python/Programming Jobs

2010-02-06 Thread Srinivas Reddy Thatiparthy
>Umm, widen your choice beyond Bangalore. Consider places like Pune, Delhi (including NCR) and Hyderabad. In Hyderabad , I know of two companies which use python for Automation testing. One is Emerson Network Power Two is Intoto inc,Now part of freescale semiconductor. As noufal and steve said I

Re: [BangPypers] Internationals getting Python/Programming Jobs

2010-02-06 Thread steve
Hi Rory, On 02/05/2010 04:16 PM, Rory Hart wrote: Hi all, I'm an Australian who is considering living/working in Bangalore, I work with a lot of Indians here in Australia and figure why should they have all the fun of coming to another country to work. Makes sense. In my previous jobs, a lot o

Re: [BangPypers] Internationals getting Python/Programming Jobs

2010-02-05 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 7:10 PM, Noufal Ibrahim wrote: > > Really? That's an eye opener. I thought  only the US consulate was > picky about visas. Getting an Indian work Visa is very difficult. Unless you are Person Of Indian Origin. I have seen few colleagues of mine, sent back to their respecti

Re: [BangPypers] Internationals getting Python/Programming Jobs

2010-02-05 Thread Noufal Ibrahim
On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 7:00 PM, Sreekanth S Rameshaiah wrote: > On 5 February 2010 18:19, Anand Chitipothu wrote: > >> >> > >> > The main questions I have are: >> > >> >   - Do Bangalore IT companies hire many internationals? >> >> I don't see any reason why they shouldn't. Does anybody know how

Re: [BangPypers] Internationals getting Python/Programming Jobs

2010-02-05 Thread Sreekanth S Rameshaiah
On 5 February 2010 18:19, Anand Chitipothu wrote: > > > > > The main questions I have are: > > > > - Do Bangalore IT companies hire many internationals? > > I don't see any reason why they shouldn't. Does anybody know how > hard/easy it is get a VISA to work in India? > > When we tried to get e

Re: [BangPypers] Internationals getting Python/Programming Jobs

2010-02-05 Thread Noufal Ibrahim
On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Baishampayan Ghose wrote: >>  You also get Fosters here :) > > [OT] > May be it's not common knowledge here in India, but nobody drinks > Foster's in Australia. Whatever we see in the ads here is all > propaganda :) I've heard that too. A lot of genuine Australians

Re: [BangPypers] Internationals getting Python/Programming Jobs

2010-02-05 Thread Baishampayan Ghose
>  You also get Fosters here :) [OT] May be it's not common knowledge here in India, but nobody drinks Foster's in Australia. Whatever we see in the ads here is all propaganda :) Having said that, I would recommend Rory to consider moving to Pune, India. It has the right blend of tech. community,

Re: [BangPypers] Internationals getting Python/Programming Jobs

2010-02-05 Thread Noufal Ibrahim
On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Rory Hart wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm an Australian who is considering living/working in Bangalore, I work > with a lot of Indians here in Australia and figure why should they have all > the fun of coming to another country to work. In my experience, Indians migrate f

Re: [BangPypers] Internationals getting Python/Programming Jobs

2010-02-05 Thread Anand Chitipothu
On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Rory Hart wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm an Australian who is considering living/working in Bangalore, I work > with a lot of Indians here in Australia and figure why should they have all > the fun of coming to another country to work. Welcome. > > The main questions I

Re: [BangPypers] Internationals getting Python/Programming Jobs

2010-02-05 Thread Anand Balachandran Pillai
On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 5:04 PM, Rory Hart wrote: > On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 3:11 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves > wrote: > > > On Friday 05 Feb 2010 4:16:51 pm Rory Hart wrote: > > > I'm an Australian who is considering living/working in Bangalore, > > > > Welcome! > > > > why Bangalore? I know many pe

Re: [BangPypers] Internationals getting Python/Programming Jobs

2010-02-05 Thread Rory Hart
On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 3:11 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > On Friday 05 Feb 2010 4:16:51 pm Rory Hart wrote: > > I'm an Australian who is considering living/working in Bangalore, > > > > why Bangalore? I know many people who have moved to India by choice - not > counting those who are transfered

Re: [BangPypers] Internationals getting Python/Programming Jobs

2010-02-05 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Friday 05 Feb 2010 4:16:51 pm Rory Hart wrote: > I'm an Australian who is considering living/working in Bangalore, > why Bangalore? I know many people who have moved to India by choice - not counting those who are transfered to India. The main motives are: the institution of family is respec

[BangPypers] Internationals getting Python/Programming Jobs

2010-02-05 Thread Rory Hart
Hi all, I'm an Australian who is considering living/working in Bangalore, I work with a lot of Indians here in Australia and figure why should they have all the fun of coming to another country to work. The main questions I have are: - Do Bangalore IT companies hire many internationals? -