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Manpaslop   
20 Sep 2015
Life / Spanish engineering student is moving to Bialystok - cost of life and information about the city. [38]

Hello, my name is Manuel and I am a 24 years old Spanish engineering student. I will move on October to Bialystok to work as an intern for a local company.

I will get paid around 500€/month and I'd like to know if this is enough to live there. (I have been told that I can get a place in a dorm for about 100€/month.

Also, I'd like to know what do Polish people think of Spaniards and if I will have any problem to communicate, because I dont speak a word of polish.

How is Bialystok? What can you tell me about they city? is it a good place to live?

If anyone from there wants to go out for a drink or something just say it here!

Regards,

Manuel
Manpaslop   
21 Sep 2015
Life / Spanish engineering student is moving to Bialystok - cost of life and information about the city. [38]

I will be working as an intern in an engineering company that provides heating solutions & components.

Job description:

Intern will be responsible for building strong relationship with current and new partners abroad. Intern will represent the company during negotiations with potential partners and during international fairs and exhibitions. Intern will be responsible for correspondence with partners (write commercial offers, etc). Intern will be responsible for commercial transactions and serve customers from participant country. Intern will be responsible for creating market research and analysis of modern heating and cooling solutions market.

Intern will prepare marketing materials needed for the company promotion. Intern schould have technical background for getting to know well companies products. When intern will back form internship still will work for the company. Intern will have opportunity to run XXXXX representative office in his/her mother country.
Manpaslop   
21 Sep 2015
Life / Spanish engineering student is moving to Bialystok - cost of life and information about the city. [38]

If you get the dorm room for 100 Euro, then you will have enough to live a frugal student lifestyle, with a modicum of student life comfort, even. If you have to rent a private apartment, then there is no point in coming to Poland at all.

I have lived in Sevilla all my student life with 400€ a month, and rent costed me 200€ so I refuse to think that I cant live with 500€ euros in Bialystok:

Consumer Prices in Bialystok are 24.41% lower than in Sevilla
Consumer Prices Including Rent in Bialystok are 29.66% lower than in Sevilla
Rent Prices in Bialystok are 45.69% lower than in Sevilla
Restaurant Prices in Bialystok are 45.94% lower than in Sevilla
Groceries Prices in Bialystok are 31.31% lower than in Sevilla
Local Purchasing Power in Bialystok is 24.41% lower than in Sevilla

numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Spain&country2=Poland&city1=Sevilla&city2=Bialystok

I am doing this internship because:

A) Get international working experience.
B) Opportunity to set up and run an office of the company in my country, for Spain and Hispanoamerica.

Why do you have such a depressive opinion of this plan?

What are your plans for learning at least basic Polish?

I will try to learn basic Polish once I am there.

P.S.: I will get to Bialystok on 4th of October, I mean, I am not deciding whether I will go or not, I am going :D
Manpaslop   
22 Sep 2015
Life / Spanish engineering student is moving to Bialystok - cost of life and information about the city. [38]

First of all, when comparing cost of living between cities, you have to remember that you are comparing the cost of living for a native Spaniard in Seville to that of a native Pole in Białystok.

A friend of mine is living in krakow, and I know a girl that spent her Erasmus year with me in Milan that is from bialystok. And I agree with you, the first couple of months you are in a new place you always spend more but I have lived in several different places I have always managed to make friends fast, I am a sociable person.

You're also forgetting that you are not in Poland. If you have to pay for your travel to and from Poland, you have to deduct that amount from your monthly salary.

I agree I will have to pay for the plane, but I have money already. I am not going to Poland for the salary, of course not. I am going to get some more international working experience, and because the company offered me to set up and run an office in Spain for Spainish and Hispano-American market after the 6-months internship

Personally, I would take the time to explore better opportunities in richer Western countries. But you have to decide for yourself if what you will get out of the internship is worth the sacrifice

I have already spent time working in the USA, living in UK and Italy, I have made an internship at General Motors, I mean, I do not plan to stay forever in Poland, I just like to travel and visit new countries and I think It will be an enrichment experience.

I have plenty of time of working in western countries after it.

I even have better paid offers here in Spain which I have turned down because I like going out of my comfort zone because I think that is what makes you grow as a person.

Thanks for you answers,

Regards,

Manuel
Manpaslop   
22 Sep 2015
Life / Spanish engineering student is moving to Bialystok - cost of life and information about the city. [38]

I am not confident that it would happend, but I dont have reasons to doubt it since it is a big company and it is owned by a bigger company from one of the most "serious" countries in Europe.

Anyways, my floor is that I get away with 6 months of international working experience which is good and my ceiling is pretty high dont you think?

I dont think I am going to lose anything.

Also the offer is for graduates, but I only have left to do my final thesis so they agreed that it was acceptable.