On 24/09/2014 13:59, andrel wrote:
> On 24-9-2014 14:39, Stephen wrote:

>>
>> Being a freelancer is not too bad if you can find the work and don't
>> mind travelling.
>
> I am trying to find jobs as freelancer indeed. I do hate travelling, but
> if I have to I do not complain.
>

Best of luck with it. Getting the first one is the hardest.

>> Having the language skills you do opens lots of doors.
>
> I do speak Dutch and English, I understand German but always get the
> genders wrong.

I keep forgetting which words are Scottish and not used by the English, 
myself.

> French is not so good, my Spanish worse, but improving.
> Then I do speak C, Matlab, and a bit of Java, Python, Javascript and I
> used to be able program in e.g. Fortran and Prolog. Then there are the
> classical languages Latin and various assembly languages.

LOL



>> I really sympathise if you have to go into management. I miss working
>> with my hands and for years I travelled with a small toolkit in case I
>> had to fix something. :-)
>
> yes, that is what I fear most. I got into this business originally
> because I wanted to make things. Such a pity that one might have to give
> that up. Incidentally my desire to keep building things was one of the
> reasons why I accepted these temporary positions, otherwise I would have
> gone the way of the devil much earlier.
>

Nothing I can say here except I hope you get your hearts desire and it 
all works out for you.


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Regards
     Stephen

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On 24-9-2014 15:17, andrel wrote:
> My Dutch article is sort of about the Americanization of Dutch research.
> We are also getting more and more opportunistic short term research here.
> For me an important factor is that I believe in good research in a
> stable group with a long experience. Stable jobs are just what makes
> long term cooperation possible.

Exactly my thoughts.

Thomas

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I disagree that you know your economy better than I do, I'm not writing 
about your Country. And here is why: Who benefits from the 
"mismanagement and lack of foresight by politicians"? that's probably 
done on purpose to suck up money for some rich guy as it usually 
happens, you haven't at the seems investigated that far. My frame work 
is limited but probably I'm thinking ahead of you on this.

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On 25/09/2014 09:47, Saul Luizaga wrote:
> I disagree that you know your economy better than I do, I'm not writing
> about your Country. And here is why: Who benefits from the
> "mismanagement and lack of foresight by politicians"? that's probably
> done on purpose to suck up money for some rich guy as it usually
> happens, you haven't at the seems investigated that far. My frame work
> is limited but probably I'm thinking ahead of you on this.

In principle if what I think you mean is right. I agree with you.
Are you talking about the class war/struggle?

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Regards
     Stephen

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> But of course many companies have found a way around both problems.
> You see, rather than making permanent employment contracts, they make
> extremely short temporary contracts that they just renew over and over
> again for as long as the employee is hired. These temporary contracts
> are typically for periods of three to even just one month.

In the UK retail industry having contracts that are for a low or even 
zero number of hours are very common. The employer is then legally 
allowed to give you 40 hours of work every week for 6 months and then 
nothing (or only 4 hours or something).

> You see, you can't fire somebody without good reason.

The problem is (in the UK at least) that "they are not very good at 
their job and we want to replace them with someone better" is not a 
"good reason" in the eyes of the law.

> (At least these employees get all the same legal benefits as those who
> have a permanent contract, eg. in terms of holydays and legal protection.
> However, they have to live in constant fear that their employer one day
> decides not to renew.)

Typically here though for professional temporary workers they get paid 
significantly more (sometimes even double) than permanent staff. So if 
you can get yourself a "temporary" contract that an employer repeatedly 
renews you are on to a real winner. The fact that you might then be 
unemployed for 6 months after a few years work is more than offset by 
the increased salary you got during that time.

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On 25-9-2014 10:47, Saul Luizaga wrote:
> I disagree that you know your economy better than I do, I'm not writing
> about your Country. And here is why: Who benefits from the
> "mismanagement and lack of foresight by politicians"? that's probably
> done on purpose to suck up money for some rich guy as it usually
> happens, you haven't at the seems investigated that far. My frame work
> is limited but probably I'm thinking ahead of you on this.

I do know my country better than you. And you still fail to miss the 
real point by being totally blinded by your misconception that you 
understand the world. Go back and read what I wrote and come back if you 
have anything interesting and new to add.

-- 
Everytime the IT department forbids something that a researcher deems
necessary for her work there will be another hole in the firewall.

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Am 25.09.2014 10:47, schrieb Saul Luizaga:
> I disagree that you know your economy better than I do, I'm not writing
> about your Country. And here is why: Who benefits from the
> "mismanagement and lack of foresight by politicians"? that's probably
> done on purpose to suck up money for some rich guy as it usually
> happens,

Never presume malevolence when simple stupidity suffices.

I suppose at least 90% of the people with power don't /deliberately/ 
create a bad world - they just don't know the system they operate in 
well enough to control (rather than being controlled by) it.

Or, to put it in other words: The problem is not corrupt people in 
powerful positions - the problem is that the power the people in 
presumingly powerful positions have is dwindling day by day, as those 
positions are becoming more and more controlled by the system itself.


So, in some sense, modern democracy is worse than an absolutistic 
monarchy: In the latter, if things go wrong you know who's ultimately 
responsible for it.

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andrel wrote:
> On 25-9-2014 10:47, Saul Luizaga wrote:
>> I disagree that you know your economy better than I do, I'm not writing
>> about your Country. And here is why: Who benefits from the
>> "mismanagement and lack of foresight by politicians"? that's probably
>> done on purpose to suck up money for some rich guy as it usually
>> happens, you haven't at the seems investigated that far. My frame work
>> is limited but probably I'm thinking ahead of you on this.
>
> I do know my country better than you. And you still fail to miss the
> real point by being totally blinded by your misconception that you
> understand the world. Go back and read what I wrote and come back if you
> have anything interesting and new to add.
>
No, you re simply wrong, the Rothschild manage most of the economies in 
the EU, again, you think you know your Country, but keep that stubborn 
misconception.

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On 26-9-2014 13:04, Saul Luizaga wrote:
> No, you re simply wrong, the Rothschild manage most of the economies in
> the EU, again, you think you know your Country, but keep that stubborn
> misconception.

LOL

Thomas

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Not quite, there is an elite of money people that control the most of 
the economies of the World, and this is no theory this is unfortunately 
true, the depressions in USA, the World Wars, Vietnam, etc were and are 
all business to siphon money from the middle and lower classes. 
Therefore the need to change to a better type of economy and so my 
suggestions about it I made.

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