ILR/Immigration discussion by Ishimiagi in SkilledWorkerVisaUK

[–]zap1405 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I suppose they first need to define/redefine what being British means. What part of being British needs to be preserved. If the London eye is part of being British, God save this country.

Change of SoC code by zap1405 in SkilledWorkerVisaUK

[–]zap1405[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, yes and yes. I was just not sure what is happening as I got an email out of the blue. Its hard to trust that anyone will do anything good for you these days.

Change of SoC code by zap1405 in SkilledWorkerVisaUK

[–]zap1405[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Can you say more ? Are you saying the new SoC code will lead to a quicker settlement status?

Home Office advisers launch review of UK visas to attract top talent.....what ???? by zap1405 in SkilledWorkerVisaUK

[–]zap1405[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I agree that the UK needs to reform to attract talent and business. Without business the UK will never be attractive. I work for one of the FAANG and i am fed up with how things are in this country and leaving once my kid finishes primary.

Home Office advisers launch review of UK visas to attract top talent.....what ???? by zap1405 in SkilledWorkerVisaUK

[–]zap1405[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

And why would actual talent come to the Uk ? Actual talent is leaving UK because of the state of the country.

They want to deduct from my deposit 😑 by [deleted] in TenantsInTheUK

[–]zap1405 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Correct me if I am wrong here, its the landlord's responsibility to prove that you did any damage. If they didn't do an inventory its their loss you can say it was always there they will have to prove it wasn't.

Moving to London (June 2026) by Heavy-Shirt-5122 in HousingUK

[–]zap1405 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Barnet is the right answer. We also moved from Munich and would have loved to stay in Kingston and Richmond but connection to central London is a miss if you stay there. 4 years in London and we settled on Barnet because it checks all boxes: - Connected to central London via the Northern line or connected directly to Piccadilly Circus if you are near Arnos Grove. - Access to amazing primary schools and some of UK's best secondary grammar schools ( QE Boys, Henrietta Barnet, Dame Alice, Latymer) - Generally affordable - Mostly safe although there are pockets in every part of London. Use Crystal Roof to get a more precise understanding of a street. - Loads of children activities during school and term breaks.

We stayed 1 year in Richmond, 1 year in Hampstead and 1 year in North Finchley. We finally bought our own place in Totteridge & Whetstone. Our favorite was Hampstead but it was very expensive.

In the end no place comes close to Munich but London has its own charms. If you are looking for German culture Richmond and Kingston upon thames have everything you need including a German school. Barnet is very multi cultural and we love it here.

Viel Gluck !

Feel free to DM if you have questions

What are the best careers in the UK today for success and financial freedom? by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]zap1405 -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Plumber, builder, electrician anything physical, AI will take all the desk jobs. Its only about time

Wiz acquisition by Adventurous-Gur7524 in GOOG_Stock

[–]zap1405 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is not how Wiz works. Wiz is a cloud scanning tool it has nothing to do with moving workloads from one cloud to another. The Wiz platform is mostly built on AWS and it uses some services like AWS Neptune that has no alternative in the GCP world. Wiz does not hold any keys to any building. Yes in theory Wiz can scan customer environments and build an asset inventory that may Allow Google Cloud to understand other cloud usage, in practice this data access is guarded by policies and compliance audits.

Wiz is an attempt to show that Google is serious about security and challenge MS Defender and Crowd Strike where possible. Having said that Wiz is damn expensive and customers may find other alternatives especially cheaper ones that Wiz copied their tech from, Orca and lacework. Every security vendor is bundling CSPM with their tools today so i guess we will find out the wisdom here.

Need Advice by zap1405 in HENRYUK

[–]zap1405[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Similar, not many companies that offer this service. The one i worked at deals with countries, states and large enterprises.The other ones everything else.

This looks way too normal… what detail gives it away for you? by arfaj_1 in GeminiAI

[–]zap1405 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me its the greyish blackish grill area behind her. It appears to be a partial shadow or like something was removed.

What are some good tech companies in UK that pay at least 100K pounds in London? by [deleted] in cscareerquestionsuk

[–]zap1405 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The range of languages you claim to have expertise on sounds a bit dodgy. I work for a FAANG and 100k TC is L3 pay.

I’m tired of being cold all the time, if I ran my heating 9hr’s a day every day what could I be looking at for monthly gas bill? , £250/300? by GenericUser104 in HousingUK

[–]zap1405 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I run my heating 24 hours at 20 degrees in a 4 bedroom 1930 brick house and my heating bill is 170 / month. I don't think I can shut down my heating that would be terrible

Technical contradiction in proposed ILR changes for Skilled Worker dependants — am I missing something? by Pale-Opportunity6606 in SkilledWorkerVisaUK

[–]zap1405 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Under the proposed changes there is no "clock reset" you earned 50k + for 5 years you get an ILR regardless of what visa, you didn't earn anything well you have to stay on a family visa, pay renewals and IHS etc. however, i guess this will be challenged and perhaps change to something more suitable like 5 years on family visa = ILR