Louie comments on Best career models for doing research? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Louie 10 December 2010 10:35:15AM 15 points [-]

I'm putting the finishing touches on a future Less Wrong post about the overwhelming desirability of casually working in Australia for 1-2 years vs "whatever you were planning on doing instead". It's designed for intelligent people who want to earn more money, have more free time, and have a better life than they would realistically be able to get in the US or any other 1st world nation without a six-figure, part-time career... something which doesn't exist. My world saving article was actually just a prelim for this.

Comment author: Alicorn 10 December 2010 01:07:15PM 12 points [-]

Are you going to accompany the "this is cool" part with a "here's how" part? I estimate that would cause it to influence an order of magnitude more people, by removing an inconvenience that looks at least trivial and might be greater.

Comment author: erratio 11 December 2010 01:46:45AM 2 points [-]

As someone already living in Australia and contemplating a relocation to the US for study purposes, I would be extremely interested in this article

Comment author: David_Gerard 11 December 2010 02:10:04AM *  0 points [-]

Come to England! It's small, cramped and expensive! The stuff here is amazing, though.

(And the GBP is taking a battering while the AUD is riding high.)

Comment author: Desrtopa 11 December 2010 02:14:24AM 0 points [-]

I was under the impression that England was quite difficult to emigrate to?

Comment author: David_Gerard 11 December 2010 02:22:13AM *  -1 points [-]

My mother's English, so I'm British by paperwork. Four-year working or study visas for Australians without a British parent are not impossible and can also be converted to a working one or even permanent residency if whatever hoops are in place at the time happen to suit.

Comment author: David_Gerard 10 December 2010 02:38:50PM 2 points [-]

I'm now thinking of why Australian readers should go to London and live in a cramped hovel in an interesting place. I feel like I've moved to Ankh-Morpork.

Comment author: Mardonius 13 December 2010 02:56:40PM 1 point [-]

Simple! Tell them they too can follow the way of Lu-Tze, The Sweeper! For is it not said, "Don't knock a place you've never been to"

Comment author: diegocaleiro 11 December 2010 12:44:09AM 1 point [-]

Hope face.

Let's see if you can beat my next 2 years in Brazil..... I've been hoping for something to come along (trying to defeat my status quo bias) but it has been really hard to find something comparable.

In fact, if this comment is upvoted enough, I might write a "How to be effective from wherever you are currently outside 1st world countries" post...... because if only I knew, life would be just, well, perfect. I assume many other latinos, africans, filipinos, and slavic fellows feel the same way!

Comment author: lukeprog 21 January 2011 01:00:21AM *  0 points [-]

Louie? I was thinking about this years ago and would love to know more details. Hurry up and post it! :)

Comment author: katydee 10 December 2010 11:11:12AM 0 points [-]

Color me very interested!