Re: [tlug] [OT] Job hunting

["Daniel A. Ramaley" <daniel.ramaley@example.com>]

To everyone: Thanks for the helpful information. The discussion about 
visas and insurance gives me something to start thinking about when 
considering everything necessary to switch countries. The list of 
recruiters will be of particular value when looking for employment.

And as requested, here's my resume:
http://www.ramaley.net/resume.pdf

On 2009-09-23 at 20:51:41, andrew holway wrote:
>Resume?
>
>On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:48 AM, Daniel A. Ramaley
>
><daniel.ramaley@example.com> wrote:
>> My wife and i currently live in the US but are looking to relocate
>> to Japan soon. Therefore, i need to find a job. My wife is Japanese,
>> so i presume that whatever organization i work for shouldn't have to
>> deal with the hassle of sponsoring me.
>>
>> So, my question is, how does one go about finding a job in Japan?
>>
>> I know some Japanese, but not enough to be conversational yet. I
>> expect that to be a major limitation, and am actively studying to
>> get up to a conversational level. As far as working ability, i
>> describe myself as a Linux system administrator and open source
>> software developer. I can work with any Linux distribution as well
>> as the BSDs and have done work with Solaris too. As far as
>> programming goes, Perl is the language i'm most proficient in, but i
>> have worked with about 2 dozen languages and dialects so picking up
>> new ones is not usually very difficult. I'm not terribly great at
>> OOP programming, but can handle imperative and functional fairly
>> well. Of course i can also work in some things that are similar to
>> programming but not quite, such as XHTML, SQL, regex, etc. Basically
>> i'm a not-atypical *nix admin / programmer type. It is fairly easy
>> for me to find jobs in the US. In Japan will be a challenge though
>> and i'd appreciate any pointers to job sites or cultural hints or
>> anything really.
>>
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>>---- Dan Ramaley                            Dial Center 118, Drake
>> University Network Programmer/Analyst             2407 Carpenter Ave
>> +1 515 271-4540                        Des Moines IA 50311 USA
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Dan Ramaley                            Dial Center 118, Drake University
Network Programmer/Analyst             2407 Carpenter Ave
+1 515 271-4540                        Des Moines IA 50311 USA