Does anyone know what it is like working in London? In general, how is the pay/ hours/ cost of living compared to New York?
Is it hard from someone from the US to get a job there? I have an MArch from Harvard and 2 years working experience.
seems like somehing you would have learned from peers at GSD? A friend of mine who looked into it says the cost is comparable if not a bit more. Pay is also similar depending on experience credentials etc and weather or not the firm has lots of work or not. Good Luck I would like to know how it goes. I am looking into a summer internship there.
not sure how much it costs to live in NY, but london was much more expensive than tokyo, mostly because of the housing and the tax nick. that part of UK sucks, as does the healthcare. NHS is struggling. but london was fun.
i worked for small offices, about 5 - 10 people max, and they all took weekends off and worked 10 to 6, with very little of the overtime thing. From what i hear the larger firms are not so different, but could be wrong.
most offices were happy to get me a work permit, but some will not. not sure of that is an issue for you or not, but if it is best to be up front with it when you go to the interviews.
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Does anyone know what it is like working in London? In general, how is the pay/ hours/ cost of living compared to New York?
Is it hard from someone from the US to get a job there? I have an MArch from Harvard and 2 years working experience.
seems like somehing you would have learned from peers at GSD? A friend of mine who looked into it says the cost is comparable if not a bit more. Pay is also similar depending on experience credentials etc and weather or not the firm has lots of work or not. Good Luck I would like to know how it goes. I am looking into a summer internship there.
not so hard to get a job.
not sure how much it costs to live in NY, but london was much more expensive than tokyo, mostly because of the housing and the tax nick. that part of UK sucks, as does the healthcare. NHS is struggling. but london was fun.
i worked for small offices, about 5 - 10 people max, and they all took weekends off and worked 10 to 6, with very little of the overtime thing. From what i hear the larger firms are not so different, but could be wrong.
most offices were happy to get me a work permit, but some will not. not sure of that is an issue for you or not, but if it is best to be up front with it when you go to the interviews.
for work permit: check out this one
http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/working_in_the_uk/en/homepage/schemes_and_programmes/hsmp.html
search the forum- this has been discussed over and OVER and OOOOOVVVERRR again...
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