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katzeimsack
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Hi,
I know nobody speaks about how much he earns, but what do you think is the normal wage for an artist with 3 years experience ?

What about living costs?
How much do you spend per month?
What's the normal price for a room (London-Bromley, flatshare)?

Is the food really THAT bad? wink.gif

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  • Rick Stirling
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    Rick Stirling polycounter lvl 18
    Depends on the company cashflow, titles and desperation as well as your skills, portfolio, shipped titles. I assume you know that location matters, and I assume that from your flat share you want to work in London.

    Going out on a limb, living in London I reckon you could get about 24-28k.

    London is expensive to live in, when I was at Ubisoft I knew 3 guys that shared a NICE flat paying £600 a month EACH. You best bet is to look at some flat sharing websites to get a truer price.
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  • MoP
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    [ QUOTE ]
    London is expensive to live in, when I was at Ubisoft I knew 3 guys that shared a NICE flat paying £600 a month EACH. You best bet is to look at some flat sharing websites to get a truer price.

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    Must have been a bloody nice flat! Or a pricey area. We've got a large, nice flat in a good area for considerably less than that.

    And no, the food is not that bad, there's actually a pretty wide range and if you know where to go you can get some great meals smile.gif
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  • pliang
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    Yeah...I'd definitely look into some independent research and if you like curry and all, you're safe...at least my bro who lives in the UK tells me so.
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  • thomasp
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    quality of food depends mostly on your cooking skills, i'd say. you will miss some things from home but that's inevitably anyway. eating out - you should not have a problem finding nice restaurants in london. affording the bill might be one, tho.

    experience - i've worked for companies that were big in germany but nobody in the UK knew of so it didn't count for much. portfolio did the trick.

    artist wage and london - you are looking at a student lifestyle there.

    rick - i thought reflections in newcastle is ubisoft's only UK studio?

    edit: this might help - http://www.deutsche-in-london.net/forum/
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  • Rick Stirling
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    Rick Stirling polycounter lvl 18
    Mop - it was very central, very nice. Still, 2 hours each way commuting to Oxford and dropping 600 a month on rent seemed insane to me.

    thomasp - That might be true now, but I worked at Ubisoft Oxford.
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  • rollin
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    ha i also want to go to london .. thomas are you working/living right now in london?
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  • thomasp
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    no, i'm up in the midlands, actually.
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  • conte
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    conte polycounter lvl 18
    i've heard that the taxi in London are insanely expensive, and the weather is wet, every day.
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  • Ruz
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    Ruz polycount lvl 666
    Where I live in London it sbout 700 quid a month for a studio flat.
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