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[-] daanzel@lemm.ee 23 points 6 months ago

As a Dutch engineer that worked at ASML for ~6 years: yes the Netherlands really really lacks skilled engineers of all sorts. This is not at all about wages, since ASML is one of the highest paying companies here.

It's more costly for a company to relocate these types of foreign workers than simply hiring locals (like me).

Now I'm not saying ASML isn't in for money, it's just that they need more people to keep up with demand of their machines.

[-] daanzel@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago

Reminds me of a quote I find kinda comforting:

I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.

Mark Twain

[-] daanzel@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

In defense of the ~8 year old me, who had no clue how to play the game and just liked looking at the fancy cards, no one told me anything :) Also, that was around the time Urza's Saga released so it really was wayyy less expensive at that time.

Man, if I knew then what I know now..

[-] daanzel@lemm.ee 28 points 1 year ago

Magic the Gathering..

[-] daanzel@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

THE RAINS HAVE CEASED AND WE ARE GRACED WITH ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY. BUT YOU ARE NOT HERE TO SEE IT.

[-] daanzel@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago

Dutch here; while learning new languages is always a good thing, speaking Dutch is the least of your worries if you'd want to move here. Many expats don't even try, since the majority of Dutchies is quite fluent in English.

If you're serious, make sure you have job skills that are wanted over here so a company can sponsor you (and prove they cannot fulfill the vacancy). It's basically how it works in the US too.

Or, if shit really hits the fan over there, you might be able to get a visa as a refugee :)

[-] daanzel@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

This is the primary reason for me too. Way easier and faster to get into tight parking lots back first!

daanzel

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