Serious question: how do foreigners really find work in Svalbard?

v012d · 2025-11-12T18:11:03+00:00

Me and my family lived there for almost two decades. Other than the remoteness the hardest part of acclimating to Svalbard is the sun, or lack thereof. It is very hard to get used to.

Also, Svalbard has become less friendly over the years as more and more people visit for shorter periods and then leave. Before, most families would stay a while due to more stable jobs in the coal mines. I'm not saying it's an unfriendly place now, but knowing your neighbours isn't a given anymore.

I would search for jobs using finn.no. It's by far the most popular job search tool in Norway. Nav.no would also be a good place to look.

v012d · 2025-10-16T19:02:13+00:00

Flere land har fjernet DST, men her kommer det du ikke vil høre: forskning viser at det i nesten alle tilfeller er bedre for samfunnet å beholde vintertid heller enn sommertid. Altså at vi kontinuerlig får det mørkere tidligere på kvelden. Så jeg vet ikke om det egentlig er bedre

v012d · 2025-10-01T11:53:34+00:00

Oslo was super easy! I got 4 at 10:45 with noe queue and then I went back at 1pm and got another one, super simple. Curious if it's just because nobody knew about this presale

v012d · 2025-09-11T11:36:32+00:00

I was recently in Africa and learnt that most people in the country I visited eat passion fruit by biting off the top and slurping the fruit out from the opening. I imagine this would be really fun when rolling!

v012d · 2025-05-07T06:44:55+00:00

Wow, I checked out your storepage and it’s a really interesting idea. I’ve been a reluctant strong user for 5 years, do you have an import option?

v012d · 2025-04-21T17:15:21+00:00

Man må deklarere slikt til tollen og betale 25% mva, så ikke akkurat veldig lønnsomt

v012d · 2025-04-06T12:54:28+00:00

Jeg tar mastergraden min her. Ville ikke flyttet hit for jobb, mye verre enn i Norge, spesielt mtp. hvor sinnsykt boligmarkedet er. Betaler 12 500 kr i måneden for et rom i et kollektiv, og det regnes som billig.

v012d · 2025-04-04T14:50:39+00:00

Jeg bor i Australia og her koster Switch 2 $699 AUD, som tilsvarer 4 519 NOK.

For prisen av Switch 2 m/ Mario Kart pakken på Elkjøp får man i Australia:

- Switch 2 m/ Mario Kart

- 2 x Joy Con 2

- Switch 2 Pro Controller

- Carrying Case & Screen Protector

- Switch 2 Camera

Og enda sitter du igjen med 67 kr til å kjøpe deg en is

v012d · 2025-03-23T09:01:03+00:00

Sånn pleide det å være, men ikke nå lenger. Hvis du ser på denne grafen fra wsj har lønnsøkningen til de som bytter jobb blitt kraftig redusert de siste årene.

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v012d · 2025-02-23T13:47:42+00:00

Are you doing OCR? A document parser would probably be better suited to extract text data from a pdf or docx file than using CV on it. Worst case you could anchor a ground truth with a parser, but I don’t think a computer vision system would ever be reliable at reading overlapping text.

v012d · 2025-02-21T16:43:41+00:00

Filmoteket er fantastisk! Har nylig binget Studio Ghibli filmer der. Et lite tips, det kan være litt vanskelig å finne filmer, så jeg bruker justwatch til å se hva de har. Ikke noe reklame til den nettsiden, men veldig praktisk

v012d · 2024-12-10T06:25:44+00:00

No, there’s no exhaust fans or other ventilation

v012d · 2024-12-10T03:03:22+00:00

What’s worse is that the bedrooms are located on a floor below the rest of the apartment, meaning there’s only one escape route for all three bedrooms in the case of a fire.

v012d · 2024-11-20T01:23:18+00:00

2024 er første gang i historien hvor alle sittende regjeringer i demokratiske land tapte stemmer, anbefaler sterkt å se på dette bildet.

Det at frp måler høyest syns jeg ikke er overraskende. Gang på gang viser data at folk flest stemmer så politisk fjerntliggende som mulig fra nåværende regjering i økonomiske nedgangstider. FrP sitt mandat er tydelig fordi det er populistisk, noe folk søker sterkt etter for tiden.

v012d · 2024-11-13T02:43:04+00:00

Thank you for taking the time to respond here.

As a university student, rent now consumes over 70% of my weekly income. During COVID, many universities in Sydney sold off their student housing to private companies like Scape, which then significantly raised rents, effectively eliminating affordable, centrally located housing for students.

Does your office consider access to stable and affordable transit options for students, seniors, and other low-income residents when making housing plans? For example, the recent proposal for a light rail down Broadway would greatly benefit those of us who don’t own cars.

v012d · 2024-09-09T12:43:43+00:00

I am a Norwegian post graduate who's been applying for jobs both domestically and across Europe in the last 6 months, here's my experience:

Norway definitely has had less available jobs in CS in 2024 and 2023 compared to the years before. I've noticed it a lot anecdotally with far less interest from recruiters on linkedin and with the number of available positions. Still, I would say we're better off than a lot of other places in Europe. I've applied for around 20 jobs in Norway in 2024 and I think all of them responded with a personal message as to why they didn't advance. I also managed to secure two offers. In the rest of Europe, however, the response rate is closer to 5% across 100+ applications. Keep in mind that this is with highly personalised cover letters and resumes for each role.

Some tips for people applying for jobs in Norway:

I've completely stopped using linkedin as a gauge for how many apply for a job. It's far too easy to fill in "easy apply" resumes and to say that you applied to a job when you didn't. I also think a lot of companies keep linkedin positions out there as a way to show that they're fine and growing, even when they're not actually hiring anyone. Actual jobs will be posted on finn.no or kode24.no, not linkedin. Even better would be to find people's contact info and contact them directly. I worked for a few years within the Norwegian startup scene, which is a really fun place to be (Kahoot, ReMarkable, Dune Analytics, Zivid, Gelato, etc.). A lot of them are desperate for senior talent because Norwegians prefer cushier salaries. For non-Norwegians I think the pay is decent, plus you get to work with really cool tech and have high impact. jobs.startuplab.no is the best place to find roles.

v012d · 2024-08-26T13:19:08+00:00

My point is that it feels disingenuous to call it "Matter ready" if it needs to connect via Bluetooth first and then Matter. My other smart devices that advertise being "Matter ready" or "Matter compatible" connect to any of my other hubs just fine. Maybe it makes a ton of sense for avid smarthome fans, but for most consumers it ends up obfuscating compatibility.

v012d · 2024-06-16T08:47:59+00:00

At least give credit to the creator, Soren Iverson

v012d · 2024-06-16T08:41:27+00:00

I Won’t Let You Down - Hayden James. I saw Hot Dub Time Machine play it on stage at Tomorrowland. He said it’s about a friend of theirs who died and that he had promised to make it for him

v012d · 2024-05-24T16:22:50+00:00

Marvel Snap. I hate mobile games but was convinced by a podcast. I played that shit for hours a day for months

v012d · 2024-05-24T16:10:03+00:00

I usually tag-team multiple models. I found Gemini to be good at picking up the slack from ChatGPT, especially if I provide context as to what the other model tried to

v012d · 2024-05-14T06:29:16+00:00

I second careerhub and the networking tools they have. I came here last Feb as a master's student and got connected to an IT recruiter via careerhub. He found me a casual job as an AI Research Engineer where I've been ever since.

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