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[DilbertParticipant 281]

I’m a contract software developer (Microsoft suite of tools) with 25+ years experience.  Used to have my own business but got tired of the BS aspects of it and decided to go contract.

I’m very interested in doing some contract work overseas but not sure the best way to go about it/how to get started and find good situations.  May consider difficult/dicey situations for great $$.  Any advice/input would be greatly appreciated!

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[JasonParticipant 282]

Not sure if they want to reach out internationally for contractors or not, but the Swedish government and public institutions have finally (after decades of complaints from people) started getting off their asses to start centralising and organising both within and between institutions and departments – something which happens almost exclusively in electronic form. In other words, many of them currently scream for people capable of properly coding databases and user-friendly associated software (and by “user-friendly” I mean “most of these people barely manage to turn the computers on“. The saddest part? I don’t kid or exaggerate; most of the people in question have lived for 55+ years and didn’t even start using computers until very recently, and will literally struggle and ask for help if they press the power button and the screen doesn’t flicker to life…and they’ve simply forgotten to turn on the screen. Yes, that level of incompetence).

May or may not have some worth checking out.

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[RoyDalParticipant]

Good luck. With valuable skills like yours, something is bound to turn up.

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[DilbertParticipant 281]

Jason wrote:

Not sure if they want to reach out internationally for contractors or not, but the Swedish government and public institutions have finally (after decades of complaints from people) started getting off their asses to start centralising and organising both within and between institutions and departments – something which happens almost exclusively in electronic form. In other words, many of them currently scream for people capable of properly coding databases and user-friendly associated software (and by “user-friendly” I mean “most of these people barely manage to turn the computers on“. The saddest part? I don’t kid or exaggerate; most of the people in question have lived for 55+ years and didn’t even start using computers until very recently, and will literally struggle and ask for help if they press the power button and the screen doesn’t flicker to life…and they’ve simply forgotten to turn on the screen. Yes, that level of incompetence). May or may not have some worth checking out.

Thanks!  Sweden sounds like a great place to spend a few years.  Sounds like the user base could be a little frustrating though.

Do you know a website where I could start looking?  Or the best search terms?  I’ve done some googling but it’s like those kinds of job postings are hidden somewhere.

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[DilbertParticipant 281]

RoyDal wrote:

Good luck. With valuable skills like yours, something is bound to turn up.

Thanks!  Software development, especially for mobile platforms, is the place to be career-wise.  It’s like getting into power generation in the early 1900s.  Huge growth continuing for years.  Internet security is another growth area.

It’s not hard to acquire the training and with a few year’s experience you can earn good $.  Its the perfect MGTOW job!

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[JasonParticipant 282]

Happy to help 🙂

For general jobs in programming and web development in the Stockholm region: http://www.careerbuilder.se/jobb/sökord/webbutveckling/

Gothenburg region: http://se.indeed.com/Webbutvecklare-jobb-i-Västra-Götalands-län

All the jobs currently (officially) advertised at Försäkringskassan (social security services): http://www.forsakringskassan.se/omfk/jobba_hos_oss/lediga_jobb (note: this list includes all jobs, not just the IT-related ones, so you may have to browse through the list a bit)

But really, you could just try to contact Försäkringskassan directly; even if they don’t always advertise jobs openly, in Sundsvall alone they’ve told the local university (Mittuniversitetet, where I currently study web development online at 50%, by the way) they want about 80 new computer-savvy individuals (primarily system developers and web developers) over the next one or two years (though I suspect they’ve already filled some of the positions).

Oh, and a general search for IT jobs listed at Arbetsförmedlingen (employment services) in all of Sweden: http://www.arbetsformedlingen.se/For-arbetssokande/Lediga-jobb.html?url=-123388378%2FNy%2FSokPlatsannonser%2FSokresultatOrt.aspx%3Fq%3Ds%2528utl%25281%2529se%25284%2529yo%25283%2529%2529&sv.url=12.237ec53d11d47b612d78000171

Unfortunately you can only find most of the above in Swedish…

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