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We just got the following response for an Ad trying to recruit for this job http://webnographer.theresumator.com/apply/ie1n7s/Remote-Use... in Portugal from a French internet site.

The response........

Unfortunately we can not publish it for the following reasons: - It is illegal in France to publish a job written in a language other than French

Meanwhile France has a high youth unemployment, etc etc


I doubt this is true: I believe it is illegal to have a job written only in English, which is a bit different.


All I can say is give Micorsoft a try: http://www.microsofttranslator.com/dev/


Thanks for the hot tip. And now here's my python wrapper for the Microsoft Translate API (bing) -- https://github.com/s29/mstranslate

No limits, seemingly comparable translation quality. The API was a bit annoying, but hey no surprise there. Thanks Microsoft!


It looks like it http://eu.techcrunch.com/2011/02/24/twitter-starts-hiring-sa...

But I wonder if they will start getting cold feet about having an office in London now.


More details here on legal aspects of the UK courts chasing a us company. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/8526865...


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13477811 It is about half way down that you get the clarification


Could Twitter use the First Amendment?

This has to be very weirdest case. In effect Twitter is been sued by unknown person as their is an injunction in the UK against naming the Footballer.


Not in the UK.


Yes, but surely the Securing the Protection of our Enduring and Established Constitutional Heritage Act applies. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPEECH_Act_of_2010


This comes from the firm saying that programmers are lunatics. The founder wrote a book called "the lunatics are running the asylum"!

Lean is the opposite of what they preach. They are very much the big up front design. That is what pays their bills.


Cooper wrote a book called "The inmates are running the asylum" Not lunatics. And he is a former developer himself.

Plus he is as much aiming at designers as he is at developers.


In Portugal he could have gone to any newsagent (there are still 1,000´s) got a SIM card and have access to the internet for a euro a day.


Information asymmetry. Obvious for a local, unknown to him.


Come and join us. Read our post about opening our R&D office in Portugal. http://blog.webnographer.com/2010/10/an-rd-office-in-lisbon/

Portugal salaries maybe lower but if you have not lived in Portugal for 10 years you can apply for non-habitual status which means you pay a flat rate of tax of just 20%!

Also you have the sun!


I left Lisbon around 7 years ago and moved to Barcelona for games programming gig. Moved to London 3 years ago and life has become less flexible so moving back to Lisbon is just a wish for now. But I do think about it a lot. The quality of life is just great. Miss the Ocean. I know some great people there if you need some references.


As you have lived out of Portugal for more than 5 years you would probably qualify for the non habitual tax status, which means you would only pay 20% income tax if you moved back here. You would definitely get a standard of living boost.

http://www.allbusiness.com/legal/tax-law-tax-treaties-agreem...

The more contacts I have the better so yes please get in touch.


It's better in the UK to a degree. (shame about the weather...

Maybe worth trying out Portugal. (nice weather) and

Except for startups the main expense is the cost of living of founders (most of which turns out to be taxes...).

Portugal has a new tax regime for non-habitual tax residents. Which is a a flat tax rate of 20%. You can apply for the regime if you have not lived in Portugal for the last 5 years, and your job consists of a high-value-added activity of a scientific, technological or artistic nature. And the benefit lasts for 10 years. See: http://www.ibc-madeira.com/Tax_Regime_for_Non-habitual_Resid...

The main expense is the cost of living of founders

The cost of living in Portugal is lower than that of the UK, or Austria.


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