Sad to see the M3 go...

[PricklyPete]

Why are you going off to Vienna?

Vienna > M3

The Partner that I work for in my company opened a new office there. He has asked me to come and work out of that office. I keep telling him I am moving to California...and each time he tells me a new place he would like me to move instead.

 

[Blackjack200]

I was in Europe for 5 months on study abroad. Don't get me wrong I loved it, but I was ready to come home at the end.

Home to me will always be Southern California

Yeah, I've been to Europe a few times, and while I love visiting there, I don't think I'd want to live there.

 

[alkemyst]

I will keep the M3 represented on AT...have no fear

We have an Account Manager with a house in Vienna. He loves it here better as far as day to day life and overseas more for vacations. He has other homes around the world, but Vienna is one of his favorites....he has family there though.

 

[PricklyPete]

The move to Europe will be interesting. I've spent a lot of time over there, so I know what to expect. I am sure I will miss the US and certainly plan on returning in a few years. That being said, if I have to live in Europe, Austria, Switzerland, southern Germany, or northern Italy would be my choice...so I feel lucky that it is in Austria.

Maybe one of these days I'll make it to Santa Cruz.

And I know there will be plenty of M3's and S54's on Anandtech for a while to be jealous of.

 

[ViviTheMage]

I would love to live in Baveria, haha....get my German on.
Congrats though, should be fun ...gotta find a place that'll let me work over seas for a few years too!

 

[PricklyPete]

I would love to live in Baveria, haha....get my German on.
Congrats though, should be fun ...gotta find a place that'll let me work over seas for a few years too!

Gracias. The decision to move has been for the personal experience just as much as it has been for the work/german language experience for my career. Definitely looking forward to it, but I am sure me or my wife will be ready to return after a few years.

 

[PhoKingGuy]

Of all the places I visited in Europe, I got the most evil stares/rudeness from people in Vienna. Maybe it was because I was with my blonde GF at the time, who knows.

It just soured me on the whole city :/

 

[PricklyPete]

Of all the places I visited in Europe, I got the most evil stares/rudeness from people in Vienna. Maybe it was because I was with my blonde GF at the time, who knows.

It just soured me on the whole city :/

That is very interesting. I will certainly report back once there how we are treated in general. My experience with Austrian people (a few who I work with on a regular basis...I actually have a WebEx with one in the morning) are that they are very nice and in general less rude/more social than Germans (who I have a ton of experience with being that I work with mostly Germans). Will be interesting on how it plays out...they may treat me very differently when I am in fact living there vs. just working with them.

 

[ViviTheMage]

If you need some IT down in Vienna, let me know I would gladly move!

 

[PhoKingGuy]

That is very interesting. I will certainly report back once there how we are treated in general. My experience with Austrian people (a few who I work with on a regular basis...I actually have a WebEx with one in the morning) are that they are very nice and in general less rude/more social than Germans (who I have a ton of experience with being that I work with mostly Germans). Will be interesting on how it plays out...they may treat me very differently when I am in fact living there vs. just working with them.

Hmm funny, my experience was the exact opposite, we were treated fine in Germany. She could actually speak german so it made it even better.

In Vienna she actually had older people come up to her and call her out for being with me in German, lol. I'm guessing the actual professional populace would be fine, you're also white so I doubt they would give you a problem.

In the spectrum of Europeans, I would probably have to say that Irish/British and Greeks are the most hospitable.

 

[PricklyPete]

Hmm funny, my experience was the exact opposite, we were treated fine in Germany. She could actually speak german so it made it even better.

In Vienna she actually had older people come up to her and call her out for being with me in German, lol. I'm guessing the actual professional populace would be fine, you're also white so I doubt they would give you a problem.

In the spectrum of Europeans, I would probably have to say that Irish/British and Greeks are the most hospitable.

Will certainly be interesting. I will agree with you with regard to Irish and British...well at least the British are polite, but the Irish are definitely very hospitable. I have never been to Greece, so I can't comment there.

 

[PricklyPete]

If you need some IT down in Vienna, let me know I would gladly move!

If you know SAP, PM me.

 

[GTaudiophile]

If you know SAP, PM me.

I do a lot in regards to US-German relations. I know Germany very well. I speak German at the C1 level. I even have a techie background. I work with accounting tools that integrate with SAP and see it being used here in-office on a daily basis, but I don't work with it directly. Too bad.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Will certainly be interesting. I will agree with you with regard to Irish and British...well at least the British are polite, but the Irish are definitely very hospitable. I have never been to Greece, so I can't comment there.

I would say the Greeks are not that hospitable. The Greeks only see dollar signs and how much they can extort from you with a smile. Greeks offer one rate for Greeks and a different one for non-Greeks. And if you aren't Greek, you'll truly never be in their inner circle. I have spent a few weeks of every year since 2002 in Greece, and I lived in Greece for three months in 2003.

I agree that the Irish are very hospitable, more so than their British cousins. The Dutch are perhaps just as hospitable, if not more so, than the Irish. The Germans are interesting. It is often said that Germans are coconuts and Americans are peaches: Once you get past their outer shell, Germans are friends for life while Americans are soft on the outside, seemingly easy to penetrate but very hard in the center. That said, because of their history and tendency towards collective national guilt and a strong desire to be loved by all, Germans are quite hospitable. I find Austrians to be less so; they are probably on par with the Spanish and French. The Italians are probably in between the Germans and the Austrians. Polish people may be up there with the Dutch as well.

 

[sdifox]

Just bring one back when you are done.

 

[satyajitmenon]

Just bring one back when you are done.

This. Extended European Delivery

 

[manimal]

This. Extended European Delivery

I bet if you could find a E30 Evo III there and BRING IT BACK

 

[satyajitmenon]

I bet if you could find a E30 Evo III there and BRING IT BACK

Giggity

 

[ViviTheMage]

If you know SAP, PM me.

YHPM!