Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Dubai 2008
So, the president at work sent out an email yesterday saying that we're very seriously looking at opening an office in Dubai, UAE. This, as you might expect, came from totally out of left field...but apparently there's a real burgeoning tech economy there.
Anyways, we all had a few good laughs about the whole thing. Har har, could you imagine living in Dubai, etc etc.
About 20 minutes later I got a message from my boss boss, asking me to drop by his office, at which point he opened with "What do you think about moving to Dubai?".
After a longer than expected chat with him, I'm atleast 2% thinking about it(ie this is a real long, slim chance, but not outside the realm of possibility)...I think I'd be more inclined to want to maybe move to London for a year with work than Dubai...but I'm doing my Dubai reading. If anyone has anything to say pro or con Dubai, let me know.
Anyways, we all had a few good laughs about the whole thing. Har har, could you imagine living in Dubai, etc etc.
About 20 minutes later I got a message from my boss boss, asking me to drop by his office, at which point he opened with "What do you think about moving to Dubai?".
After a longer than expected chat with him, I'm atleast 2% thinking about it(ie this is a real long, slim chance, but not outside the realm of possibility)...I think I'd be more inclined to want to maybe move to London for a year with work than Dubai...but I'm doing my Dubai reading. If anyone has anything to say pro or con Dubai, let me know.
# posted by Greg @ 4:09 AM 
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my officemate at mcgill went to high school in dubai and now works there - it definitely sounds like a different culture, and apparently it's so hot that when it gets down to 20C they start wearing jackets. it's fairly western, and very modern. she also mentioned that she wanted to get her canadian citizenship because they pay you a shit load more if they see that you're from europe/america than if you're from the middle east. so expect good treatment.
oh, and when dave's brother was there, he was walking down the street when some dude dropped a wad of US$20's on the ground and didn't notice. or maybe it was a drug payment. whatever. lots of $$$
oh, and when dave's brother was there, he was walking down the street when some dude dropped a wad of US$20's on the ground and didn't notice. or maybe it was a drug payment. whatever. lots of $$$
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: 6:05 PM
My Aunt & Uncle used to live in Saudi and they liked it for a while but were glad to come back to Canada in the end. Nothing specific that was bad, so I am not much help I guess.
# posted by : 11:02 AM
: 11:02 AM
we had good friends of the family who went there for several years! they really liked it! if you wanted to talk to them i'm sure they'd be willing! when they came to visit they always brought back dates (like the fruit)... they were FANTASTIC!!
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