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Old Jan 30, 2014, 1:20 pm
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Originally Posted by sgw2124
It would apply to any industry that has US based designers and overseas manufacturing
Noted!

Originally Posted by carole_d
I'm an electrical engineer working for a company that has a contract with the (US) Dep't of Energy. We currently do security installations in former Soviet Union countries.
Just out of curiosity, am I right to assume that the contract with the US Dep't of Energy is independent from the installations in former Soviet Union countries?

Originally Posted by carole_d
Three weeks after I started this job, I was sent to Malaysia. I took three long-term assignments as the field engineer in Malaysia, but got tired of being away from home for such long stretches. More recently I've been covering for the field engineers while they take a vacation from their long-term assignment. I've been to Bulgaria five (six?) times, Latvia twice, and may hit Kazakhstan this summer.
How long have you spent at each place (order of magnitude)?
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