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The salary seems moderate. My first hand experience of working in Japan about 8 years ago was that the living expenses can be expensive..especially renting a decent independent home. My salary back then was 1.2 mil yen/month..and travel expenses were paid for. You could try and negotiate higher ...

@SAPR2I..I appreciate your feed. My experience so far has not been too unlike what you have described. I am not sure if the recruiters are slow in getting back because of the approvals they need to secure from the US location. I am leaning towards accepting their offer. I do understand that IBM may ...

[QUOTE=Alka;278391]We are moving to Bangalore In June 2010. I understand that the school sessions would have already begun at that time in India. Can anyone please let me know if there are some schools near Manyata Tech Park ( i think it is on outer ring road towards the new airport). Also are there ...

I have an offer from IBM..and trying to evaluate against other offers. The offer is around 32 L (CTC) for a Band 9 position..I have 16 yrs of Exp in the IT field out of which the last 10 yrs are managing IT infrastructure/services for customers in a senior leadership role..with a fortune 15 company ...

I am surprised at the lack of recommendations for used cars. We were looking to go with a couple of used cars after R2I (which is in 3 months). I have been driving a stick shift here..but I believe an auto makes the most sense for Indian traffic. I would appreciate any feedback from teh folks who ...

[FONT=Trebuchet MS]OP I highly doubt that a Mortgage company in the US will give you a loan on a property in India. They would have to go through a title company to make sure that there are no current liens etc..and it would be impossible for them to check it out. The mortgage company would have to ...

Probably amongt the Metros I would say so.. [quote=aashishg;20686]I've lived in Mumbai and Bangalore before, and just moved to Hyd. I think the traffic discipline is just missing here ... people driving on the wrong side, changing lanes without indicator or even without glancing in the rear view ...

This is a truly vexing issue. 6 years ago when we started investing in real estate in India, the very first property that we bought was from a liquor contractor in Bangalore. This was a home that we all liked (vastu, location etc etc). The seller (liquor contractor) said that he would not agree to ...

I have a question for people living and working in the sanfransisco/bay area. Can you give your opinions on the following. 1. What would be the best place to live if your office is located in downtown close to howard st? [FONT=Arial][COLOR=Red][B]You can live in any place that has public commute ...

Hello All I have seen some posts about converting 401k to IRA for USC for tax purposes. Here is my scenario and I would appreciate it if folks can provide their opinions on whether I should leave my 401k alone or roll it over into an IRA [LIST] [*][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]Both Wife and I are on H1-B ...