>No, I'm still receiving more money from the unemployment insurance (not very much so, about $13-14/hr US). Give me a couple of months more and it will be an option. It's better to have some income than none at all.
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>That reminds me that I worked for a rate around $9/hr US when I first started. That was 13 years ago. It was not very much, but it gave me the experience I needed to start my career.
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>>So would you take a job for $11/hr?

Reading this thread is almost unbelievable for me (as it must be for Hilmar and other third-worlders). What you're discussing in general about your job market is what happens here ALL the time since many years ago.

I find terribly strange that talented people like Sylvain is not working...

I was talking yesterday with a friend of mine, a really *brilliant* developer in California, that told me how hard is the job market now.

It seems obvious that the economic crisis is extending everywhere around the world. under such state of affairs, it's good to know that one can rely in a great community for support.

As I told my friend, if things goes worst there, I'll start offering jobs to many of you on my own company down here. 8-)

Best luck to anyone!