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Tyro posted:You win. Message me on .gov and I can give you all the details. The RSOs loved us.
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Well, I decided to attend the party. It was all worth it when the break dance battle broke out.
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I ate ice cream and watched the speeches through a window. Better view than I would've had inside.
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Next post, 2nd directed, BiH! Anyone have experience in the Balkans? After a romp in AF, so ready for dat EUR life. OVERSIZED MAP GOES HERE problematique fucked around with this message at 17:34 on Jul 13, 2015 |
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Would anybody be willing to look over some PNQ answers later on this week? I didn't get to this stage last year and I horribly mangled it two years ago.
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Speaking of horribly mangled holy poo poo those tables....problematique, timg that poo poo homes
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Hey, he's just that pumped for Bosnia. It's lovely in the summertime. e: no seriously it is. Ofaloaf fucked around with this message at 17:05 on Jul 13, 2015 |
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Jul 13, 2015 17:03
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Hahah oops. That's what happens when you only use the SA iPhone app. Looks lovely there!
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Ofaloaf posted:Hey, he's just that pumped for Bosnia. It's lovely in the summertime. Most of EUR is lovely in the summer time :p
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I know I don't post here much/ever but if anyone would be willing to take a look at my PNs I would greatly appreciate any feedback. Please send me an email at scottjlavon at google's email service.
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problematique posted:Next post, 2nd directed, BiH! Anyone have experience in the Balkans? After a romp in AF, so ready for dat EUR life. Life is good and is generally inexpensive compared to the U.S.. You can drive in the whole region, but there are discount flights to many other European cities. Sarajevo has a nice old town/pedestrian center but the evidence of the war is still evident in many of the buildings. We are PCS in three weeks but would love to return to the region after two years in the Balkans.
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Strudelmeyer posted:Life is good and is generally inexpensive compared to the U.S.. You can drive in the whole region, but there are discount flights to many other European cities. Sarajevo has a nice old town/pedestrian center but the evidence of the war is still evident in many of the buildings. We are PCS in three weeks but would love to return to the region after two years in the Balkans. To follow up on that, apparently UN contractors left the buildings structurally sound with out doing anything cosmetically to them; so a lot of the buildings are still Swiss cheesed with bullet holes and have blown out windows and such. Made for really surreal photos when relatives came back after visiting Sarajevo.
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Jul 15, 2015 02:04
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6 visas into my first consular tour. Don't know why people complain about burn out. You do six in 35 minutes then take half an hour for lunch with your spouse. Easy stuff right?
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Jul 16, 2015 01:11
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QuackAttackAggie posted:six in 35 minutes Rookie.
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Jul 16, 2015 02:59
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Got the IMS bid list yesterday. Any superstitious rituals on getting your top pick work for anyone?
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A $2000 bribe to the CDO usually does it. But seriously, when crafting the bid list remember that it's not just a list in order of where you want to go, which is a mistake a lot of people make. It's all in context of what other people bid. You have that play the game. Have everyone share your bids, try to deconflict #1s. Especially for an IMS class that's not that big this is easy. For example, is everyone bidding a certain place #1 and your #4 isn't getting any takers at #1? Consider moving that #4 to #1 and locking in a more sure choice rather then missing your #1 and sliding down uncontrollably. At the end of the day, that #1 probably isn't all that great and the #4 will be a better tour. I've managed to get two #1s in a row doing it this way. It's not the place, it's the people that make a post (unless your going to N'djamena or Abuja or something, then it's the post).
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QuackAttackAggie posted:6 visas into my first consular tour. Don't know why people complain about burn out. You do six in 35 minutes then take half an hour for lunch with your spouse. Easy stuff right? I did like 170 in four hours yesterday. And I loved it
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Bloodnose posted:I did like 170 in four hours yesterday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QP5X6fcukM
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I love that game and yet it depresses me how much I like playing something that is basically my job out in the field.
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Zoots posted:I love that game and yet it depresses me how much I like playing something that is basically my job out in the field. It's on iPad now too.
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Zoots posted:I love that game and yet it depresses me how much I like playing something that is basically my job out in the field. I think it's more like that for the Canadians and Australians who actually have to look at documents. Or for CBP since that is literally their job.
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problematique posted:Next post, 2nd directed, BiH! Anyone have experience in the Balkans? After a romp in AF, so ready for dat EUR life. I've been in Serbia for a year, and spring, summer and fall are great but winter is horrible. Sun starts setting at 3:30, it's cold and dark and miserable. Make the most of the warmer weather and get out of the city and see the countryside. With short flights to pretty much anywhere the difficulty is picking where to go, the options are almost overwhelming. I haven't been in BiH but in Serbia there's major cafe culture and Serbs will be having their coffee outside under blankets until it gets too bitterly cold. All the outdoor dining is nice and the food here is pretty good. Coolest thing I've done here so far is take a week to drive through Transylvania, that was awesome (seriously scary roads at times though but worth it). It's also a lot cheaper here than the rest of Europe.
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Miscreant Fromage posted:With short flights to pretty much anywhere the difficulty is picking where to go, the options are almost overwhelming. Not to mention the fact you can fly on the giggle-inducing Wizz Air.
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Zoots posted:Not to mention the fact you can fly on the giggle-inducing Wizz Air. You are my new favorite poster.
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Jul 21, 2015 23:05
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I've moved into a bureau where the hours are normal and the timelines for drafting papers are reasonable. It's... it's so beautiful...
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the_chavi posted:I've moved into a bureau where the hours are normal and the timelines for drafting papers are reasonable. Haha. I got out of work at 6pm today and felt like it was way too early.
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Jul 22, 2015 17:05
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Tumbleweeds roll through the consular section by 5:15
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Jul 23, 2015 05:45
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If I wanted to grab a certification along with my Master's in grad school, are there any particularly relevant ones or is it mostly up to where you want to go/what you want to do? Or do the hiring managers just not give a poo poo?
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Jul 23, 2015 05:55
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I think education background is like the least relevant thing to the Foreign Service. Even if you have a PhD in Foreign Servicery, you're still gonna spend months at FSI learning how to do your job before you go do your job. And they explicitly say that a bachelor's degree isn't even required to apply. That said, I've not met an FSO yet who didn't have a bachelor's. But the range of degrees I've encountered goes from theater to nuclear physicsomething.
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Jul 23, 2015 12:52
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That moment on the day they're due you realize the personal narrative essay limit is 1300 characters, not 1300 words.
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Bloodnose posted:I think education background is like the least relevant thing to the Foreign Service. Oh. Welp. What sort of jobs at the State Department require these sorts of certificates/graduate degrees, do you know?
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Bloodnose posted:I think education background is like the least relevant thing to the Foreign Service.
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The Slithery D posted:That moment on the day they're due you realize the personal narrative essay limit is 1300 characters, not 1300 words. This also happened to me.
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Condensing a big, momentous personal achievement into like a paragraph and a half is the biggest goddamned pain in the rear end, but it's doable! You can do it! You got time, still.
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Artificer posted:Oh. Welp. What sort of jobs at the State Department require these sorts of certificates/graduate degrees, do you know? I imagine specialists have some sort of requirement, and it probably helps with certain civil service jobs.
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Hungry Hippo posted:This also happened to me. Cue the cut and slash of unnecessary verbiage. Just submitted mine an hour ago!
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Bloodnose posted:I think education background is like the least relevant thing to the Foreign Service. Having a law degree during ConGen is super frustrating, so it's relevant to that.
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Since I've submitted my personal narrative responses, would someone be willing to review what I've submitted now, so that I can agonize over every mistake made for the next two months until State actually sends back an official response?
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qwertyman posted:Having a law degree during ConGen is super frustrating, so it's relevant to that. "beyond a reasonable doubt means like 85% sure." I made a sound like a kicked kitten.
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Im thinking about taking the shot at the Foreign Service written exam because I 1) I want to live all over the world 2) I want to learn languages. Im already basically N2 level in Japanese (I think thats Level 3 by FS standards), and Ive only been self studying it for about a year and a half. Im looking at self studying Mandarin. The foreign service seems like a good way to align my life goals with my work goals. However, I am worried about how my third party associations might affect my application. First, Im an active member of the anti-war movement in Japan, specifically a student group based in Tokyo. Secondly Im a registered member of Amnesty International. Both of those groups have been highly critical of US foreign policy. So I guess my question is, are people with my views and associations welcome in the foreign service?
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