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This could potentially be a very long winded post, so I will try to keep it as brief as I can.
My husband, two children and I currently live near the Scottish borders and are considering a move to the US. The reasons are numerous, but the main one is that he has hit a glass ceiling in his career as a Senior Software engineer - and without moving into management, he could maybe be promoted maybe once or twice again, but with limited financial gain. Hew works for an international company that has offices within the US and it may be possible for him to move within the company to North Virginia. It is in the early stages at the moment, but our desire to move is not, unfortunately just as we firmly decided, the economy made a not so elegant nose dive
Basically, with his education and employment record, we feel that the UK doesn't seem to value either - his brother is working over there in a similar field and the difference is astounding. Unless we are prepared to move to London (*shudder*) things will remain pretty much stagnant.
We realise, that without an internal move within his company, the possibility of getting sponsorship is slim to non-existant. So, fingers crossed with this possibility.
I have a few questions, hopefully, they don't sound too naive. Has anybody here got any experience of living or working in North Virginia? Although we have family in the US, Virginia has never been on our radar before.
As I have mentioned, we have family in the US, but not in this area - I think that because there is a glimmer of a possibility, my knees are shaking a little bit. How has everyone else coped with making such a giant leap - when they may not have the family/friends network around them?
My husband, two children and I currently live near the Scottish borders and are considering a move to the US. The reasons are numerous, but the main one is that he has hit a glass ceiling in his career as a Senior Software engineer - and without moving into management, he could maybe be promoted maybe once or twice again, but with limited financial gain. Hew works for an international company that has offices within the US and it may be possible for him to move within the company to North Virginia. It is in the early stages at the moment, but our desire to move is not, unfortunately just as we firmly decided, the economy made a not so elegant nose dive
We realise, that without an internal move within his company, the possibility of getting sponsorship is slim to non-existant. So, fingers crossed with this possibility.
I have a few questions, hopefully, they don't sound too naive. Has anybody here got any experience of living or working in North Virginia? Although we have family in the US, Virginia has never been on our radar before.
As I have mentioned, we have family in the US, but not in this area - I think that because there is a glimmer of a possibility, my knees are shaking a little bit. How has everyone else coped with making such a giant leap - when they may not have the family/friends network around them?