Thanks for the reply. I'm honestly less concerned about the kids adapting than I am about my wife. I was 7 when we moved to France and after three months in French elementary school I was speaking like a native. So no worries there.
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you ought to be aware of visa requirements
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That's definitely something to look into.
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you probably realize that locals (French) will have a huge advantage when searching for jobs over you
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Perhaps, unless I aim for a job where cross-cultural/bilingual experience is a requirement. More than that, when it comes to web design, it makes me wonder about the state of the indigenous industry. Are they as web-savvy over there? The last time I was there (2004), my feel for the state of the culture was that they were "ahead" of Americans in terms of cell phone usage--literally everybody had one and knew how to use it--but internet sophistication was "behind," with many, many poorly-designed websites and lots of internet cafes vs. home use, which said to me that the web is less integrated into daily life there than it is here.
Those are generalizations based on an admittedly short trip and limited cultural immersion, but gives me hope that the perceived lack of internet sophistication means my skill set will "count for more" there than it does here. We'll see, I guess.
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you will probably have more luck getting a job if you moved there first, or at least went there ahead of your family.
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That would be hard... but I see your point. When we moved to France my parents went there for a week to find a house, my dad already having had the job lined up. And that was hard enough. I can't imagine being there for weeks at a time job hunting and then having to take time off to return Stateside to help the rest of the fam move. Hmm.