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I am glad to hear that it is a good time to move to London.

I have no problems whatsoever to join a company as a graduate. I have an excellent salary right now but I don't care if I even have to earn half of it. Money isn't the top priority for me right now, otherwise I would stay where I am. I was just afraid I would not be considered for such a position, but I will definitely try.

Maybe I wasn't clear enough. I didn't say I would like to change career. I just said I would like to change area, meaning from old mainframe-like technologies into recent technologies.

I don't agree that technology is technology. Would you hire a developer with experience in PL/1 to code in C? Would you hire a developer with experience in Cobol to program Java? I guess you wouldn't. Yes, I know object-oriented programming, functional, logical, procedural and scripting... But is that what you read in job posts? No, you read specific languages, tools and technologies.

I didn't give up after 6 months. I had a part-time job during my MSc for 6 months in order to pay my studies/expenses. Then I have been working for 2 years for a financial institution. And now, after those 2 years, I realised I cannot find what I want inside the organisation and I want to move.

I am not English nor native in English. I understand my English isn't perfect, but I have never worked with native English speakers nor lived in the UK (or any other native-English country). My experience tells me that you will only become good at a language once you live in the country and hear it from native speakers. Nevertheless, I think my English is good enough to perform my job.

If you read my post, you will see that I already learn "newer" languages in my free time and I am already a contributor to an open source project (for 3 years).

Moreover, I don't rely on people on teach me. I strongly believe that by simply working with senior folk, you will learn day after day. That is what I want to have.

Thanks for the support! Well, I understand the business from a recruiters point of view. However, the majority of the job posts comes from recruitment companies and it is hard to avoid that. Occasionally I find a job announcement from a company but it is not easy. Once I apply for the jobs through the recruitment companies, I have the feeling that my application enters in a black hole where someone will decide if I should really apply for the job based on some checklists. I don't have any control or saying on that matter, which is frustrating...

Well, I have a couple of reasons for not having my contact details here:

- Due to the nature of this post, I don't want to disclosure the name of the company I work for because even though I am not happy with my job and with their attitude towards me, I don't have the right to expose them to this situation. I respect them and I simply want to move on. If someone wants to talk with me, it is easy for them to leave a message here (as richardmarr did).

- I didn't post this in order to get a job through HN. I have concerns regarding my career and that was the only reason why I posted this.

I totally agree and I would prefer a job in a startup because of the high exposure to recent technologies and the focus in the final product. I tried to search for startups in London, however I didn't find much until now. Do you know any site (if it exists) where I could search for startup companies in London?

Thank you for your help and for your contact information. I will get in touch when I move to London. I understand what you suggest, however it is hard to attend events/meeting in London still having a job here. If I cannot find anything first, I am considering taking the risk of moving without a job and try to find one onsite. But that is something I really need to give a thought. On the other hand, joining another open source project with folks from London would imply perhaps another year before I could move... To be honest, I am not sure I could maintain my professionalism for such a long time and continue doing my job.