Italy, moving to.

Jon Frost · 13 Sep 2007 at 16:14

Hi all,

Living in the UK, I want to get out of this dump and move abroad. I've spotted Italy and their property prices appear to be resonable and I'd like to get a little more information on living conditions over there.

Does anyone have any information on the country please, whats the IT industry like over there also?

Thanks

J

Luke15 · 13 Sep 2007 at 16:24

There are quite a few jobs in the Mother country, however if you cannot speak Italian well then don't even bother thinking of moving there.

Squink · 13 Sep 2007 at 16:27

Luke15 said:
however if you cannot speak Italian well then don't even bother thinking of moving there.

Don't you just need to wave your arms about in an animated fashion while going "ai ai ai" before kissing someone on both cheeks, in order to communicate more or less anything?

Luke15 · 13 Sep 2007 at 16:28

Its abit more than that.... Pinching some ass, as it isnt illegal anymore

Jon Frost · 13 Sep 2007 at 16:30

Can't speak Italian, so I guess I'll scratch that idea then.

GarethDW · 13 Sep 2007 at 16:34

How about hooking up with an American company based in Sophia Antipolis, in the south of France...? It's not far from the Italian border. There are plenty of Brits out there and not all of them can speak French. I lived there for 3 years - it's a great place to live (it's sunny on average for 300 days a year!

) but you do need to be on a decent salary to really make the most of it.

What sort of IT work are you looking for?

Luke15 · 13 Sep 2007 at 16:35

Italian is fair easy to learn if you are fluent in another Romance/Latin based language.

Jon Frost · 13 Sep 2007 at 16:43

GarethDW said:
How about hooking up with an American company based in Sophia Antipolis, in the south of France...?

France was another option I looked at. I've currently got 2 dogs and a car i want to take with me. I own a house here too. So its a bit of a ball ache but i want to move out of here...

It's not far from the Italian border. There are plenty of Brits out there and not all of them can speak French. I lived there for 3 years - it's a great place to live (it's sunny on average for 300 days a year! ) but you do need to be on a decent salary to really make the most of it.

What sort of IT work are you looking for?

Im looking for 2nd/3rd line support work, looking to earn £25-29k with my next job move.

What does property go for down there? - I'd like some land in the middle of nowhere.

Thanks mate

Jon

Alchemy · 13 Sep 2007 at 17:37

Jon Frost said:
Can't speak Italian, so I guess I'll scratch that idea then.

Did you not think of that before then?

Don't let language be an obstacle, if Italy is the country for you, get started with the language.

Jon Frost · 13 Sep 2007 at 18:15

Alchemy said:
Did you not think of that before then?

I thought if I shout at people in english they might of got the message?

Places like Holland have a high % of people who speak english, I thought Italy might as well.

Andelusion · 13 Sep 2007 at 18:18

Have you been there on holiday?

If I were thinking of moving to a foreign country I'd spend some time living over there first before seriously thinking about it.

Jon Frost · 13 Sep 2007 at 19:20

Andelusion said:
Have you been there on holiday?

If I were thinking of moving to a foreign country I'd spend some time living over there first before seriously thinking about it.

Nope, I would visit if I thought that was the place for me though, just doing "step 1" research at the momento.

Alchemy · 13 Sep 2007 at 19:38

Jon Frost said:
I thought if I shout at people in english they might of got the message?

Places like Holland have a high % of people who speak english, I thought Italy might as well.

Yeah, Scandanavia too. Chances are you'd still have to attain a certain level of fluency if you're looking to find a decent job.

Jon Frost · 13 Sep 2007 at 21:32

Good point

Dave M · 13 Sep 2007 at 22:52

Never visited but my impression of Italy is that it's a lovely county, if your serious at all about a better way of life you won't let a little thing like learning a language stop you.

HangTime · 13 Sep 2007 at 22:57

Jon Frost said:
I thought if I shout at people in english they might of got the message?

Places like Holland have a high % of people who speak english, I thought Italy might as well.

Different kettle of fish I'm afraid. The Dutch are fed a diet of american culture and in fact they have adopted many english words/phrases to use as their own. As mentioned in Scandinavia most people can speak English as well.

Go to Italy (outside of the major cosmopolitan areas like Milan) and you will struggle with just English - same goes for the South of spain (ignoring touristy areas).

Going on holiday or a short term placement is one thing, but if I was going to permanently emigrate to another country I would at least want to have a passable understanding of their language.

Hamish · 13 Sep 2007 at 23:39

Hardly think our contry is country is a dump :mad:

, sure it has its problems but nothing major in the slightest that I can think of :confused:

.

Italy has huge tax problems, the north and south are very different and some of it is very backwards.

What i'm saying is don't just think that the grass is always greener.

melbourne720 · 14 Sep 2007 at 00:04

Take a holiday in Rome - even if you don't decide to emigrate, it is a beautiful city with the best food in europe