Work / Expected salary for an engineer in Poland? [24]

10k net is easily achievable in Poland. Try GE Aviation, EMC, Bosch, Siemens, Prat & Whitney, Oracle, JM Tronik, Electrum advanced engineering, Microstrategy, ILF Consulting Engineers, Capgemini, Connectis,

Love / Falling for a Polish guy and confused.. [23]


It never works. Don't be the next naive girl with a broken heart...

Work / Monthly income for family - Warsaw [71]

Average monthly income in Warsaw is about 4500 PLN/monthly brutto so 15k is way above average.

Life / Poles speaking English - examples [244]

Sikorski went to UK, because he won the Olympics in English. Radek learned English from books and private lessons, he was quite proficient when he left Poland in '81.

Life / Poles speaking English - examples [244]

Jan Vincent Rostowski, Minister of Finance

youtu.be/gc1o3Wyeb6s

Leszek Balcerowicz, economist

youtu.be/Vy5d1snizXs

Janusz Lewandowski, Budget and Financial Programming Commissioner of the European Commission

youtu.be/8doO2ngRFBY

Work / Finding a job in IT field in Poland [10]

Near,
If you know english and have IT skills you shouldn't have any problems with finding a decent job. Try Alcatel-lucent or Atos.

Good luck!

Love / Do young Polish ladies 17-23 speak any English? [59]


Yes, most of them learn english for at least 9 years.


In big cities it's very low. In small towns and villages it might be a little problem, but I wouldn't call it 'high'.

Good luck!

Life / How much money did you spend today in Poland and what did you spend it on? [33]

13,50zł - 90 minutes on the swimming pool

Life / Could anyone tell me about any Polish bands that are/were popular. [17]

Try a bit old and kitschy disco polo genre:
Bayer full, Boys, Top One, Accent, Shazza

Travel / Would I have to worry about organ thieves when traveling into Poland alone? [36]

No. It's been urban legend for a while, but now no one rational belive such a thing can happen in Europe.

Life / My impressions on Poland I: The People, Politics, The Countryside and Infrastructure [39]


oh, really? Can you name polish village that you think is worse than the brasilian slums?

Genealogy / How common was Polish-Jewish intermarriage? [21]

That's a misleading question. One can be both Jewish and Polish.

Study / Going to Medical School in Poland (University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn / and others) [51]

2010 ranking:

1. Warszawa (Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny)
2. Kraków (Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego)
3. £ódź (Uniwersytet Medyczny w £odzi)
4. Poznań (Uniwersytet Medyczny im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu)
5. Katowice (Śląski Uniwersytet Medyczny w Katowicach)
6. Gdańsk (Gdański Uniwersytet Medyczny)
7. Wrocław (Akademia Medyczna im. Piastów Śląskich we Wrocławiu)
8. Białystok (Uniwersytet Medyczny w Białymstoku)
9. Lublin (Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lublinie)
10. Szczecin (Pomorska Akademia Medyczna w Szczecinie)

Language / Is this true about Polish pronunciation of English (that some words sound identical?) [34]

Great thread.
I'm often embarrassed because of my pronunciation.

My biggest problems are:
live - leave
as - ass
sheet - sh*t

I often can't hear any difference...