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How is it going with the new job Jibs?

It fits with the content of ENA. lol!

Ha, it seems you are very valuable to the company. It's a compliment if you think about it. Nevertheless, I think it's good you are making this change. Plus, now you know your market value :)

I haven't read all your posts but have you tried IVF? It's a pity when people who want kids can't have them...

Sure, raises don't come without the respective responsibilities. Everything new is difficult at first. However, you are competent and you will make it. It's a big step, be proud of yourself! Good luck with your new job :)

Well, on the other hand a good employer gives raises to the employees that deserve it. He doesn't wait for the employees to find a better offer and then makes a bid too. "If I offered you the same amount, would you stay" and "Don’t do it for the money" are manipulative in my opinion.

19% increase is serious!!! Glad it went well!! :)))))

I didn't make it clear enough in my post. I concur that being educated doesn't equate automatically with being intelligent. Regarding the accent, I mentioned it because in one interview I had the developers and managers used Queens English whereas the rest had the local accent.

Lol for the like :) Yes, it's the same in Italy and I think the disparity there is even larger. Thanks for the explanation. Makes sense now. :) My father is from Central Greece(although my paternal grandma is from Warsaw, Poland), my mother is from North Greece, I was born in Athens. I spent many years as a child with my grandparents in North Greece so I do have the Northern culture more. Don't ask me about Southerners, I am prejudiced lol. PS. Spring has finally come :) People seem to be really happy!

Ha! That's true in every country (the difference between the South and the North), even in Greece. Just curious, which part of the UK has the best accent? I meet people from other parts of the UK and they speak "better/more clear" than the locals. It has to do with the education level as well.

Lol. December is known for its good looking people! Thanks. I got a good mark this morning so your wish helped! I've been to London and other small towns in Essex. I would like to visit many cities but I don't have unlimited funds unfortunately so I am thinking about Manchester, Leeds and Edinburgh. After the exams though! You are from Yorkshire?

Math genius is a hyperbole for sure but thanks :) Exams for my Master's degree. I turned 26 in December. Well, I am pretty sure that at 28 I will not be ready !

I am doing good. The weather is starting to get better, so yeah, I feel great! I have exams next month and I am bit stressed. I can't wait to visit some other cities in the UK :) If I remember correctly, we are about the same age. I really can't image myself being a parent. But again, women mature faster lol. Glad you are enjoying being a parent :) . Boys are better! He will probably ask you for a brother in a couple of years lol.

I think your writing skills have already been alluded! Some people are meant to be parents. You are one of them! You preferred boy or girl? (both are great, just gossipping lol)

http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20180404-one-answer-to-solving-greeces-brain-drain

Ahh,this Swedish/Finnish girl ....

If the salary is better, the company is as good or better and it has interesting projects, why you are not considering it?

Funny you mentioned this. A couple of weeks ago, an engineer working in the supply chain industry in London made a presentation at the university and he told us that the Chinese are trying to "revive" the Silk Road to Europe. They manufacture faster trains which will be able to freight larger quantity of goods to Europe with less cost than sending them with large ships. One of the trips I want to do in my life is to take the Trans-Siberia train from Europe to China or Vladivostok. It would be a unique experience for sure.

There is no point to seek so far back. I mean, in the end, we are all a blend of homo sapiens and neaterdal lol.

20180330_130810 by Kwstas papadopoulos, on Flickr 20180330_132014 by Kwstas papadopoulos, on Flickr 7 C in Switzerland! Mild weather

Congrats jibs! Good luck with the new job :)