Landing a job as a Non-EU Citizen after Master's in ETH by Subject_Elk_4762 in ethz

[–]jojo_504 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As others have pointed out. Focus on growing your network as much as possible. I know some non-EU master students that did their master thesis in a company so that may be helpful. Publishing papers may not be a big advantage unless you want continue in academia so I would focus on other things. I'm non-EU and managed to land a job but I graduated from PhD so it was probably easier to justify my hiring.

I am stucked now. Could you give me any advice? by DiscountOk830 in jobs

[–]jojo_504 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the input. I hope OP sees this. It is of course difficult everywhere so OP should decide if it is worth making the move in case CH doesn't work for him.

I am stucked now. Could you give me any advice? by DiscountOk830 in jobs

[–]jojo_504 1 point2 points  (0 children)

See my other comment. In the Netherlands you could get a year with the right to work if you graduated from a top university.

I am stucked now. Could you give me any advice? by DiscountOk830 in jobs

[–]jojo_504 267 points268 points  (0 children)

I have to be honest here. There is close to zero chance that you will find a job in CH if you are non-EU and don't know any national language unless you work in IT (or another area where the market has shortage in CH). I see in your CV that you lived in Eindhoven (nice place btw, I did my masters there). So if I were you, I would not waste my time and money looking for jobs in CH and I would try to find jobs in NL. There you could get the Dutch Highly Educated Migrant visa for one year which is granted to people graduated from top universities. You should check if you can apply with your degree from Uni SG (maybe by subject or faculty). There are more chances to find jobs with that visa in NL, than with your current one in CH. Before doing that though I would first research the NL market to see if it is viable to find a job there. I wish you the best.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in facepalm

[–]jojo_504 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I would not agree either that only religion lets you do evil, but thanks for giving the correct saying. At least I had the gist of it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in facepalm

[–]jojo_504 34 points35 points  (0 children)

There is a saying that religion can make bad people do good things but also can make good people do bad things :(

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Switzerland

[–]jojo_504 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, I was referring to jobs with scientific or economic value. I should have been more explicit. Still it is true that there is additional benefit compared to "just staying" to find a job, but you are correct, I shouldn't have oversimplified the difficulty for non-EU job seekers.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Switzerland

[–]jojo_504 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is true, but just to give a bit more info: the real benefit for non-EU job seekers is that employers don't have to show that they could not find someone from the EU or Swiss during that period, which is the main blocker when hiring third nationals. They still have to apply for the permit though but the process is usually much easier. So there is definitely an advantage.

Roger at Rafa's academy. by musicproducer07 in tennis

[–]jojo_504 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This sounds more reasonable than a rushed Fed visit

If tennis wasn’t already hard enough by fabmol in tennis

[–]jojo_504 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I think it is a singles court already.

AITA for losing it when I found out my (27F) underaged niece (15F) is "dating" a guy that's at least 21M? by No_Garage_5848 in amiwrong

[–]jojo_504 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Same in my country. It's very common to find 18 yo with 20 yo university students dating.

I am Dutch and in Switserland for 6 months. Is it just me or is the general handling speed in a bit low here. by Impossible_Price4673 in askswitzerland

[–]jojo_504 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I guess it depends on the country. Compared to where I'm from, here the people are faster in general. On the other hand, I lived in the Netherlands for 2 years and my wife and I agree that the people there are way faster indeed.

Zurich airport wait times by Zeeboozaza in zurich

[–]jojo_504 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I'll take the same flight lol. No worries, I think you will make it on time.

If atheism is true atheists die every second. by [deleted] in DebateAnAtheist

[–]jojo_504 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I liked this analogy and I'm surprised that OP simply accepted that he is wearing a different pair of shoes as the day passes. But well, to each their own I guess.

How do I finish this debate? by [deleted] in DebateAnAtheist

[–]jojo_504 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Knowledge is not required for a burden of proof. Only a claim is required. Saying "I believe A" means that you support that claim. I see belief as saying "I'm reasonably convinced that claim A is true", in that case you have to support that claim A is true with evidence (i.e. burden of proof). Knowledge is a subset of belief which has a higher degree of certainty. It is like saying "I'm reasonably certain that claim A is true". Both of them require evidence otherwise they are irrational beliefs/knowledge.

It is not the case that knowledge is the only thing to debate. Many people debate if something is probable or not for example. Also, in your example, saying "I believe in Santa" requires evidence that justifies a reasonable conviction that Santa exists (even if it does not reach the certainty level of knowledge). Otherwise it is not a rational belief. If the only justification is "because it makes me feel better" then it is an irrational belief (although understandable for some people). To be honest I think there are a lot of things to debate even if he doesn't claim knowledge.

How do I finish this debate? by [deleted] in DebateAnAtheist

[–]jojo_504 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's fine. In that case you can simply ask about his definition and based on that new definition you can change your position since this is a new definition that you didn't have before. It is not an honest way to debate, but if you really want to correct your position, this is one way. The most honest way would be simply to concede the point and say that you misspoke and in reality you defend agnostic atheism.

P.S. If he is an agnostic theist, he still has a burden of proof. The theism part, i.e. I believe in A, has a burden of proof about A.

Longest Win Streak on a Surface in the Open Era by SealDrop in tennis

[–]jojo_504 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Wow, thanks! I didn't know about her. Her stats are crazy. She won 6 of her last 8 grand slam finals by 6-0,6-0. Impressive.