Amsterdam!!
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- laurus0
shouldn't be too diifficult for an american, although getting a work permit there takes a while. you need to get a company to want to hire you. then, you apply for a visa and they have to advertise the position in the papers, to see if there is no local that could fill the position (it's more of a formality)
and when you get there, you have to wait months before you get approval from the immigration police to start working (even if you get a work-permit visa which can take between 3-5 months in your own country)
if you come from abroad finding a reasonable rent appartment is tough. they have crazy waiting lists there.
after working in NYC and Amsterdam—I say stay in the US. Better professionals in the US. Dutch design is more about looking functional as an aesthetic decision and very little about really being functional. Plus they treat foreigners like shit, but maybe it's different if you're an american caucasian.
whatever you do—don't go to work for IJsfontein. Although there are taleted people there—it's run by a bunch of buffoons.