[LAU] Job - Germany - Multimedia Hardware Technician

[Patrick Shirkey]

On Mon, July 6, 2015 7:03 am, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 06, 2015 at 03:19:30AM +1000, Patrick Shirkey wrote:
>
>> Ok, Maybe it should just say driving round the country and getting paid
>> for it. However I was under the (false) impression that all y'all
>> Germans
>> love blasting your way around the country at top speed so that would be
>> a
>> positive not a negative. I mean you guys invented the concept right?
>
> If the 'Stau' (traffic jam) reports I hear on the radio during breakfast
> (and most of the day actually) are anything to go by then driving around
> Germany professionally doesn't sound like fun at all. Anyway, when I have
> to get anywhere I take the train. Works pretty well most of the time.
>
> If this job offer is from a bona fide German or international company
> then I wonder why they are trying to recruit this way (via some obscure
> Australian one-man joint) rather than going through the normal channels
> (like a professional recruitment agency). This, plus the absolute lack
> of any real information leads me to believe that what is offered is some
> sort of junk job (junk as in junk food).
>
> Junk jobs do exist here, but mainly for unskilled manual labour, and at
> places like Amazon. There is even an official form of them for part-time
> work (the 450 Euro tax exempt deal). But in general, one of the reasons
> why Germany is doing relatively well is because it has a highly skilled
> and hence productive labour force. Which in turn is possible only because
> the labour market is not the sort of jungle it has become in some other
> places. Even chimney sweepers are trained professionals here.
>

As always your entitled to your opinion but in this case  which is often
the case with your opinions your are also wrong.

However, the reason that I am asking here is because I was under the
impression that there were a lot of Germans on this list who like the
following:

1: Linux Audio
2: Multimedia hardware and related technology
3: Doing interesting things at interesting locations

The driving thing just happens to be my (apparently false) view of one of
the (probably many) things that makes a German go giddy. However it might
also be that this list is not representative of the average German as you
have rightly stated that there seems to be a lot of people driving in
Germany.

Considering that you are not German but have instead moved to Germany to
find work because you had nothing happening in your own country I would
have thought you would be more supportive of a potential job opportunity
coming via this list from another long term Linux Audio person (18 years
and counting).









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Patrick Shirkey
Boost Hardware Ltd