From: Farrukh Haroon (farrukhharoon@gmail.com)
Date: Sat Nov 22 2008 - 09:19:58 ARST
You couldn't have said it better Farhan :) Totally agree! (except for the
US/Europe relocation part.....)
On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 2:10 PM, Farhan Anwar <farhan.anwar@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi All,
> I am working in the UAE, and as far as job options are concerned being a
> CCIE, you don't have any problems for job, but i do agree some companies
> have freezed their hiring because of the global economic slowdown. But the
> effect here is minimal or not yet started in full swing :), specially in
> oil
> rich abu dhabi emirate.
>
> The place is good with unlimited and unique entertainment, leasure and
> shopping options. Safety is not an issue. Cars are cheap, like bmw's and
> range-rovers are mostly the favorites. Fuel is cheap, almost 2.5 USD a
> gallon.
>
> Technically speaking, the problem is most of the people you interact are
> not
> of technical background but they are sitting with extremely technical
> designations and in the end you get frustrated that where the hell you are
> stuck. Specially in Network Design and Security.
>
> I have faced some problems when i moved in here and this would also answer
> why now i am trying to move onto the European or US market, let me share
> with you the problems.
>
>
> - Technical Growth gets stuck, because i barely find any time free to
> study as the time gets wasted in either commuting or traffic-jams.
> - On the job, learning is limited as the work is repeated most of the
> time.
> - Most of the projects, even the smaller ones have uncapped budgets which
> defeats the purpose of optimization. For example an average company would
> not have any problems buying up Bluecoat proxysg 8100, even if they dont
> haveany requirements for it.
>
>
> - Traffic, on an average 2 - 4 hours per day you have to get stuck. In my
> opinion, the time you are spending on street is wasted as its not given
> to
> work or family. In this case, we usually work 8 hours, may be 10 hours
> some
> times, get 8 hours sleep which barely leaves sometime being spent with
> the
> family.
> - You can't find the accommodation in the house-allowance the company
> gives you. For doing some saving you have to move either to some other
> emirate and waste more time or move into the accommodation that takes 50%
> of
> your salary in advance for the full year.
> - Since their is no train system yet introduced, every expat is buying a
> car as first priority which is creating traffic, parking and saturation
> issues.
> - Although there is no Tax on the income but you end up saving the same
> amount of money which you would save in other regions.
> - The Internet access is still immature and highly dominated by a single
> player, the average dsl speeds avaiable are 256k, 512k and 1M, at the
> cost
> of 70 USD per month for 512k with extremely limited upload of 128k.
>
>
> Thats all i can think of right now, in the end, it is totally my personal
> opinion and some people would agree and some may disagree.
>
> On 11/22/08, Darby Weaver <ccie.weaver@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Some people may be having a hiring freeze and others can't fill some
> > positions. It's a rough battle.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 4:04 PM, Marko Milivojevic <markom@markom.info
> > >wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Aren't they, like pretty much the rest of the world, in a hiring pause
> > now?
> > > :-)
> > >
> > > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 12:51, Gary Duncanson
> > > <garyduncanson@btinternet.com> wrote:
> > > > Dubai rocks.
> > > >
> > > > Any interesting jobs out there unicast me.
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > > > Gary
> > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: <sheherezada@gmail.com>
> > > > To: "Cisco certification" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> > > > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 8:46 AM
> > > > Subject: OT: CCIE Salary Survey
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >> Both Cisco and IBM are moving their EMEA headquarters to Dubai, as I
> > > >> have heard. So no need to nominate someone.
> > > >>
> > > >> Mihai
> > > >>
> > > >> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 4:43 PM, Tony Varriale
> > > >> <tvarriale@flamboyaninc.com> wrote:
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Care to share your list? I have not seen one high profile exec
> make
> > a
> > > >>> public statement supporting yours (and I don't know of any living
> > > there).
> > > >>>
> > > >>> -----Original Message-----
> > > >>> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On
> Behalf
> > > Of
> > > >>> Darby Weaver
> > > >>> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 8:36 AM
> > > >>> To: Felix Nkansah
> > > >>> Cc: Muhammad Nasim; Jonny English; Administrator; Cyrus; Larry
> > > Letterman
> > > >>> (lletterm); Scott Morris; Joseph Brunner; Huzefa;
> > > ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > > >>> Subject: Re: CCIE Salary Survey
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Think of it like this....
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Most super US executives who can... do live or plan to move to
> > Dubai,
> > > >>> the
> > > >>> Internet City or something like that.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> It's not what you see on TV, it's Ultra-Modern. Makes cities in
> New
> > > York
> > > >>> and California look like the old west.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Ignorance is bliss.
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 3:53 AM, Felix Nkansah
> > > >>> <felixnkansah@gmail.com>wrote:
> > > >>>
> > > >>>> Hi,
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> I have been to Dubai a couple of times.
> > > >>>> It's been rated by some US and UK mags as the most peaceful place
> on
> > > >>>> earth
> > > >>>> for ten consecutive years. I mean it.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> At least you're not going to hear of car thefts or robberies. I
> feel
> > > >>>> safer
> > > >>>> when walking out there.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Of course, everything stands out for argument, but this is my
> > personal
> > > >>>> observation of Dubai.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Only that things are too expensive for my liking.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Felix
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
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