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	<title>Comments on: Need Rails Developers? Hire Australians</title>
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		<title>By: Nem</title>
		<link>http://drnicwilliams.com/2009/02/16/need-rails-developers-hire-australians/comment-page-1/#comment-183331</link>
		<dc:creator>Nem</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Leif: You win... 

.. but

as a final touch, God created the Dutch!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Leif: You win&#8230; </p>
<p>.. but</p>
<p>as a final touch, God created the Dutch!</p>
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		<title>By: Need Rails Developers ? 9 reasons to Hire from India &#124; Vinsol</title>
		<link>http://drnicwilliams.com/2009/02/16/need-rails-developers-hire-australians/comment-page-1/#comment-183177</link>
		<dc:creator>Need Rails Developers ? 9 reasons to Hire from India &#124; Vinsol</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Nic recently posted an article on advantages of hiring a rails developer from Australia. We are one of the biggest fans of Dr. Nic especially for his contributions to open [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Nic recently posted an article on advantages of hiring a rails developer from Australia. We are one of the biggest fans of Dr. Nic especially for his contributions to open [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Leif Eriksen</title>
		<link>http://drnicwilliams.com/2009/02/16/need-rails-developers-hire-australians/comment-page-1/#comment-164802</link>
		<dc:creator>Leif Eriksen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So, being half Australian and half Norwegian, it must be true that

1. I&#039;m better looking than all of you
2. My Rails kung-fu is better than everyone else&#039;s

I await your offer of employment - programming or modelling...

Thank you Dr Nic, I haven&#039;t felt this powerful since my wedding night.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So, being half Australian and half Norwegian, it must be true that</p>
<p>1. I&#8217;m better looking than all of you<br />
2. My Rails kung-fu is better than everyone else&#8217;s</p>
<p>I await your offer of employment &#8211; programming or modelling&#8230;</p>
<p>Thank you Dr Nic, I haven&#8217;t felt this powerful since my wedding night.</p>
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		<title>By: sensei</title>
		<link>http://drnicwilliams.com/2009/02/16/need-rails-developers-hire-australians/comment-page-1/#comment-164750</link>
		<dc:creator>sensei</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes! You are right! AUSTRALIA PWNZ! :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes! You are right! AUSTRALIA PWNZ! <img src='http://drnicwilliams.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Ben</title>
		<link>http://drnicwilliams.com/2009/02/16/need-rails-developers-hire-australians/comment-page-1/#comment-160097</link>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have clear, undisputable scientific evidence that about the &quot;good looking&quot; bit. 

I&#039;m from Red Ant, a Rails development group based in Sydney. We&#039;re all insanely hot looking anyway (as you&#039;d expect), but over the past year we&#039;ve hired two developers - one Dutch, one Italian.

We have an extensive series of time lapse photos showing that they have become better looking each day that they&#039;ve been here. Both were single, and they&#039;re now in steady, long term relationships with Incredibly Good Looking Australian girls (ex-models in fact).

@Nina - Australia has a Business Visa programme called a &quot;456 Visa&quot; which allows businesses to sponsor skilled workers. It is based on a points system- certain categories of work get higher points, and you need to be over a certain threshold to get approved. We&#039;ve done sponsored a few people now, so if you have Rails skills the process for the sponsoring company is pretty straightforward. You can come here on a holiday visa which anyone can get, which I think lasts for 3-4 months. You can then transition to another visa if approved. 
Most people find a slight improvement in looks during the initial 3-4 month holiday visa period, but you&#039;d need to be here longer to achieve Total Hotness</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have clear, undisputable scientific evidence that about the &#8220;good looking&#8221; bit. </p>
<p>I&#8217;m from Red Ant, a Rails development group based in Sydney. We&#8217;re all insanely hot looking anyway (as you&#8217;d expect), but over the past year we&#8217;ve hired two developers &#8211; one Dutch, one Italian.</p>
<p>We have an extensive series of time lapse photos showing that they have become better looking each day that they&#8217;ve been here. Both were single, and they&#8217;re now in steady, long term relationships with Incredibly Good Looking Australian girls (ex-models in fact).</p>
<p>@Nina &#8211; Australia has a Business Visa programme called a &#8220;456 Visa&#8221; which allows businesses to sponsor skilled workers. It is based on a points system- certain categories of work get higher points, and you need to be over a certain threshold to get approved. We&#8217;ve done sponsored a few people now, so if you have Rails skills the process for the sponsoring company is pretty straightforward. You can come here on a holiday visa which anyone can get, which I think lasts for 3-4 months. You can then transition to another visa if approved.<br />
Most people find a slight improvement in looks during the initial 3-4 month holiday visa period, but you&#8217;d need to be here longer to achieve Total Hotness</p>
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		<title>By: Thomas R. Koll</title>
		<link>http://drnicwilliams.com/2009/02/16/need-rails-developers-hire-australians/comment-page-1/#comment-158539</link>
		<dc:creator>Thomas R. Koll</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Dr Nic: Your wife assured you that size matters? WOW Australians are really better!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Dr Nic: Your wife assured you that size matters? WOW Australians are really better!</p>
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		<title>By: Dr Nic</title>
		<link>http://drnicwilliams.com/2009/02/16/need-rails-developers-hire-australians/comment-page-1/#comment-158532</link>
		<dc:creator>Dr Nic</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Kapil - Damn, I should have thought of a &quot;X Reasons to Hire Australians&quot; title. They are winners.

@Thomas - your list is awesome. Nonetheless, &quot;Australia&quot; is longer than &quot;Austria&quot;. Surely a point in our favour.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Kapil &#8211; Damn, I should have thought of a &#8220;X Reasons to Hire Australians&#8221; title. They are winners.</p>
<p>@Thomas &#8211; your list is awesome. Nonetheless, &#8220;Australia&#8221; is longer than &#8220;Austria&#8221;. Surely a point in our favour.</p>
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		<title>By: Thomas R. Koll</title>
		<link>http://drnicwilliams.com/2009/02/16/need-rails-developers-hire-australians/comment-page-1/#comment-158531</link>
		<dc:creator>Thomas R. Koll</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:46:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>manual trackback: http://ananasblau.com/2009/2/23/hire-austrians

Austrians are much better than Australians.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>manual trackback: <a href="http://ananasblau.com/2009/2/23/hire-austrians" rel="nofollow">http://ananasblau.com/2009/2/23/hire-austrians</a></p>
<p>Austrians are much better than Australians.</p>
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		<title>By: Kapil Bhatia</title>
		<link>http://drnicwilliams.com/2009/02/16/need-rails-developers-hire-australians/comment-page-1/#comment-158521</link>
		<dc:creator>Kapil Bhatia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:56:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I recently have posted an article on -  Need Rails Developers ? 9 reasons to Hire from India inspired from Dr. Nic&#039;s post. Need Rails Developers ? http://vinsol.com/2009/02/23/need-rails-developers-9-reasons-to-hire-from-india/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I recently have posted an article on &#8211;  Need Rails Developers ? 9 reasons to Hire from India inspired from Dr. Nic&#8217;s post. Need Rails Developers ? <a href="http://vinsol.com/2009/02/23/need-rails-developers-9-reasons-to-hire-from-india/" rel="nofollow">http://vinsol.com/2009/02/23/need-rails-developers-9-reasons-to-hire-from-india/</a></p>
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		<title>By: Glenn</title>
		<link>http://drnicwilliams.com/2009/02/16/need-rails-developers-hire-australians/comment-page-1/#comment-158502</link>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Aussie, Aussie, Aussie? ;)</description>
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