Comments on: Programming Gigs in Europe

By: Emmanuel Baffoe

Emmanuel Baffoe — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:39:41 +0000

We have band in Ghana.We want to come and play gigs in France.We have played both local and international.
We are looking for organizer in France.

By: Kam Killins

Kam Killins — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:00:49 +0000

I am going down under in the near future within the working-holiday-visa together with my man, please has anyone got any recommendations on where to stay and also what exactly positions are easy to pick up?

By: alexander nonymus

alexander nonymus — Mon, 31 May 2010 16:56:19 +0000

Hi,
You may have a chance with my old company, if you know python. If you are interested I can give you more informations by mail.
(it’s in Lille, France)

By: Alan Peery

Alan Peery — Wed, 19 May 2010 21:30:15 +0000

Check out http://www.jobserve.com. Lots of possibilities, perhaps you’ll be able to get through the “But he’ll need a work visa” barrier. I did, and now live in the UK.

By: Rosella Furguson

Rosella Furguson — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:54:05 +0000

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By: Olivier Le Thanh Duong

Olivier Le Thanh Duong — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:41:04 +0000

Some country have work + tourism visa which allow you to do just that. Don’t know if that’s the case for France and Italy though

By: Ian Monroe

Ian Monroe — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:19:29 +0000

http://www.collabora.co.uk you can work from anywhere you want.

Though I have to agree with Andre. You better hope the immigration officers can’t use google.

By: Andre

Andre — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:15:35 +0000

Not to discourage you, but…
Are you sure you are *allowed* to work in Europe? I is not clear where you’re from, but in a lot of places, you’ll need a work permit in order to do what you want. That permit may be hard to obtain, but that also depends on your nationality.

By: Ana

Ana — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:24:12 +0000

You need to look at european employment websites, if you find any, because they do not really exist
Depending on the country you will find some websites more useful than others.

Also, it is *very* important to know the language of the country you are planning to stay in. While you might work in an english enviroment, it will never be 100 % everything in english and outside your job you will need knowing the local language.

Finally, in Europe what you know for “gig” is not very common, most of companies here for external jobs tend to hire somebody they can later rely on, and somebody who is not going to be around later, is not usually trusted.

Those are my thoughts from my experiences in Spain, France and UK. Good luck

By: Bart

Bart — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:17:01 +0000

Hi Jason,

My company is looking for a competent Qt programmer. We are a small but stable operation with an international customers based just outside Paris, still reachable by subway. Use the email I registered under to contact me.

By: Morty

Morty — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:29:34 +0000

There are several types of job offering sites, more or less similar to CraigsList. They vary by name and country, some general and other specialized. Even some multicountry ones, like http://www.stepstone.com/. Don’t know if it’s any good by french or italian standards.

Perhaps the simplest is to try trough some temp-acency kind of firm, like Manpower(Or some French/Italian variant better fitting your skills).