u/varxcx

Hey so I'm moving to the Bordeaux area this October for an intensive French course at Alliance Française. Always wanted to learn French properly and actually immerse myself in the culture, not just do it half-assed from an app, so figured this was the move. Currently at zero French, starting from scratch.

Trying to get a real sense of what I'm walking into before I commit fully. like two separate things I'm curious about:

Short term - can a student with basically no French actually find part time work? or does that only happen once you've got some language down? curious what's realistic

long term - I'm not just here for the course, I do want to build an actual career after in France. so genuinely curious what the job market (tech especially, but honestly any decent field) looks like for international students once you're a bit more settled/fluent. is that even realistic or is it a whole different visa/language situation at that point

If any of you are Indian or international students who've actually gone through this, would love to hear what worked, what didn't, anything. Just want the real picture before I make this move

Appreciate any input 🙏

Hey so I'm moving to the Bordeaux area this October for an intensive French course at Alliance Française. Always wanted to learn French properly and actually immerse myself in the culture, not just do it half-assed from an app, so figured this was the move. Currently at zero French, starting from scratch.

Trying to get a real sense of what I'm walking into before I commit fully. like two separate things I'm curious about:

Short term - can a student with basically no French actually find part time work? or does that only happen once you've got some language down? curious what's realistic

long term - I'm not just here for the course, I do want to build an actual career after in France. so genuinely curious what the job market (tech especially, but honestly any decent field) looks like for international students once you're a bit more settled/fluent. is that even realistic or is it a whole different visa/language situation at that point

If any of you are Indian or international students who've actually gone through this, would love to hear what worked, what didn't, anything. Just want the real picture before I make this move

Appreciate any input 🙏

Hey so I'm moving to the Bordeaux area this October for an intensive French course at Alliance Française. Always wanted to learn French properly and actually immerse myself in the culture, not just do it half-assed from an app, so figured this was the move. Currently at zero French, starting from scratch.

Trying to get a real sense of what I'm walking into before I commit fully. like two separate things I'm curious about:

Short term - can a student with basically no French actually find part time work? or does that only happen once you've got some language down? curious what's realistic

long term - I'm not just here for the course, I do want to build an actual career after in France. so genuinely curious what the job market (tech especially, but honestly any decent field) looks like for international students once you're a bit more settled/fluent. is that even realistic or is it a whole different visa/language situation at that point

If any of you are Indian or international students who've actually gone through this, would love to hear what worked, what didn't, anything. Just want the real picture before I make this move

Appreciate any input 🙏

Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but I could really use some advice.
I’ve got a little over 4 years of experience as an iOS developer (Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit). Worked on production apps, SDKs, AI features, even some visionOS stuff.
I’ve been unemployed for about 3 months now.
I’ve applied to what feels like hundreds of jobs. Had a few interviews, made it to a couple of final rounds, got ghosted by some, rejected by others, and now I’m at a point where I’m questioning everything.
I only want a remote role, which I know makes things harder, but for personal reasons it’s really important to me.
To be completely honest, I’m broke. I’m making a CV tonight to walk into ice cream shops and cafés tomorrow because I need money coming in. I’m not above doing that at all, but it sucks after spending years building a career in software.
I guess I’m wondering:
Is the remote iOS market just this bad right now?
Should I be looking at different roles that my experience transfers into?
If you were in my shoes, what would you actually do over the next month?
Would really appreciate advice from people who’ve been through something similar. Thanks.

Hey everyone,

My contract recently ended and I’m currently looking for a remote full-time iOS role. I have experience with SwiftUI, startup/product environments, and shipping features fast.

Open to startup or product-focused teams. Happy to share resume/projects if needed.

Thanks!

was searching recipes last night and this popped up today 😭😂

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYsGtAGBPh6/

bruh i was searching recipe reels last night and now i am getting this 😭😂

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYsGtAGBPh6/

Been thinking about this for a while.

I mean actual everyday stuff. Something you needed last week and couldn’t find. Or found but it was so bad you just gave up and figured it out yourself.