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Daniel
Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 30 Aug 2005
Posts: 2729
Location: Gold Coast
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Finding a job.
Some of you guys probably know I lost my job back in July as part of the world wide mining downturn. For those that don't know, Xstrata Technology had 30 draftsman in January and now have 5. I've been trying to apply for 1 job a day since then and have so far have only had one interview (for air traffic controller ) and I have also been rejected from Hungry Jacks, Sizzler, Coles group, Woolworths, BP, ect... I haven't seen a mechanical drafting job advertised in Brisbane/Toowoomba for the last 2 months.
This week I read in the paper about a mining equipment company here in Toowoomba that will sack 100 employees at the end of the year, so my confidence dropped a bit and I expanded my search and applied for a job in Sydney which sounded exactly the same as the position I had at Xstrata. I woke up this morning found a reply in my email asking for more detail into my drafting history and if I was really willing to move to Sydney. So I need to ask my Sydney friends for information.
Connie just got an 18 month contract as a nursing graduate and is stuck in Toowoomba. I calculated how much I would need to earn to make comuting/living in Brisbane worthwhile, but I don't know how much I would need to ask for to make moving to Sydney, away from my wife, to be worthwhile.
- How much do drafters earn in Sydney?
- The company is based in Warriewood, is that a good or cheap area?
- Is public transport good, or do I need a car?
- How much do you pay for electricty and other bills?
- How long does it take you guys to drive from Sydney to here?
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Jaemus
Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 01 Apr 2009
Posts: 2674
Location: NSW
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Warriewood is indeed a nice part of Sydney, but yeah nice = expensive.
Our electricity bills are roughly $120 month for our 3 bedroom house with electric hot water and computers running 24/7 and no clothesline (use the dryer for everything). So extreme usage for 2 people.
I live in Gosford, which is basically the 'capital' of the Central Coast. As far as the F3 (now actually called M1), it's not actually that bad, the traffic always flows UNLESS there is an accident in which case it goes straight to hell, but that is actually quite rare (I've been held up badly only twice in 5 years). It takes, in the morning, 40-45 min to drive down to Sydney from the start of the F3 at the Gosford onramp to the end at Wahroonga. A little longer in the evenings, but I avoid the peak times in the PM, going back up before 4pm or well after 6pm, so I never really deal with the worst part of the peak, but figure 1hr on the freeway itself max in the peakiest part (both AM and PM). Friday PM is the worst due to holiday/weekender traffic and Sunday going south can be crazy shizzle as well.
Getting to and from the F3, however, is generally the more time consuming part, and I can't comment on Warriewood specifically, but if I was to leave Gosford to get there by 9am I would leave Gosford at around 6:45 to be certain of not being late.
Gosford itself is kindof a shithole but there are other much nicer spots on the coast for reasonable prices - however they may involve a bit of driving from the F3 which will all add up. Apart from Kariong you can't get much closer to the F3 than Gosford. The coast is a huge area with a reasonably large population so there's plenty to do and facilities etc _________________ <Patrician|Away> what does your robot do, sam
<bovril> it collects data about the surrounding environment, then discards it and drives into walls
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Sat Nov 16, 2013 6:55 pm |
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