Got this job posting in my email today

Look at the preffered qualifications. Crazy.

Anyone want to goto Kabul?

Kabul Systems Virtualization Engineer Job - KAB

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JustFred

LOL......

Why would any sensible person go to a country where some elements of the population are extremely motivated to kill you by any means necessary?

jibbajabba

Let me guess - $20 / Hour

That IS crazy .. Having said that - most silly ones are Preferred Qualifications ...

This advert is the best example of recruitment agencies not understanding the technology they are hiring for.

If being a VMware SME and a VCP is a requirement, then I am pretty sure this would cover the qualifications of "Vmotion, DRS, HA" ...

Copy / Paste buzzwords much ?

Oh and deployment of Windows 2013 ... ?

ArabianKnight

I am familiar with overseas pay uplifts. Take the base salary for this position and multiply that by 2.8, and that would be your annual. $$$

networker050184

JustFred wrote: »

LOL......

Why would any sensible person go to a country where some elements of the population are extremely motivated to kill you by any means necessary?

Money thats why!

dave330i

ArabianKnight wrote: »

I am familiar with overseas pay uplifts. Take the base salary for this position and multiply that by 2.8, and that would be your annual. $$$

In my area, someone with this type of skillset can make $150k+. Using the 2.8 multiplier, you get $420k+. Not bad for 1 years work. Plus, the first ~$95k is tax free.

PCSPreston

The pay would be good. I don't know if it would be worth the area.

MrAgent

I wonder if anyone from here will apply.

webgeek

dave330i wrote: »

In my area, someone with this type of skillset can make $150k+. Using the 2.8 multiplier, you get $420k+. Not bad for 1 years work. Plus, the first ~$95k is tax free.

You also have to be living outside of the USA for I believe 11 months out of the year.

badrottie

There are a lot of ex-military folks (myself included) who do not balk at working in risky environments.

If you're young, have no dependents and are so inclined, why not? It would be good pay, great for the resume and a chance to make a difference.

JustFred

This is true. I do something like this on the side for small villages in developing countries by helping here and there setting up PC's and it makes a world of a difference. Its something worthwhile.

mogeekdad

I would want about 5 concrete bunkers surrounding me...then I would think about it.

Blackout

I did 10 years of Military service If I wasn't married I would jump on one of these jobs in a heart beat my current company pays insane amounts of money to guys working in Africa on contract. allot of these guys are making 150K-200K because of the Danger of being over there.
I knew one guy that stayed there for like 4 consecutive years , and used the money to start his own business.

webgeek

Wife agreed to let me go for a couple of years since it would pay off our student loans and the mortgage but it fell through a while back...I've been debating it for a while........

JustFred

Blackout wrote: »

I did 10 years of Military service If I wasn't married I would jump on one of these jobs in a heart beat my current company pays insane amounts of money to guys working in Africa on contract. allot of these guys are making 150K-200K because of the Danger of being over there.
I knew one guy that stayed there for like 4 consecutive years , and used the money to start his own business.

Where in Africa and what exactly are they doing?

ArabianKnight

Someone working with this type of skillset would be on a large cushy FOB with fast food joints and movie theaters, not on small shitty FOB's that I always got stuck on.

Blackout

JustFred wrote: »

Where in Africa and what exactly are they doing?

Djibouti, and that's all I can say beyond that.

sratakhin

Apply, work for a couple of years and retire. Beats working 9-5 till 65.

jibbajabba

sratakhin wrote: »

Apply, work for a couple of years and retire. Beats working 9-5 till 65.

Amen to that ^^