Do You Have A Plan B, If All Else Fails ?

[PDH]

My plan B involves, after the divorce, getting a job in Wyoming which in part involves teaching history.

[crazy canuck]

Never had a plan.  But things worked out.  Hope I never have a Plan A or B.

[mongers]

Maybe a bit off-kilter, but I really have had suicide ready as Plan B for at least 5 years.  Or even as Plan A at certain moments.  But what other card do you need with that in your deck?

Which is why I advocate people having a serious plan B, I've know of people who've been motoring along fine on plan A, doing all that society expect of them, suddenly several serious things happen that demolish plan A and they've no plan B, can't cope and so go straight to what I call plan C - suicide.

I think some of these tragic husband loses job/house and/or marriage/kid access and then commits murder-suicide news stories may have some origination in people not being prepared if unexpectedly the 2.2 children happily ever after/'the American Dream' suddenly goes tits up. 

And that's why I think everyone should always have a 'escape strategy', a realistic Plan B ready if the unexpected happens.

[MadImmortalMan]

If anybody need a friend in Dubai, just get me an IT job there 

Not you Marty, I will not hang from the same lamppost you will, just for talking to you

Did you try it before? I googled out of interest and found quite a few jobsites. Here is one that should fit your skills IIRC:

WINDOWS ENGINEER DUBAI

Our client is a leading IT solutions company that focuses on the implementation, rollout and management of remote network solutions and managed services. With clients ranging from small to enterprise size across public and private sectors, this company is looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and driven Senior Microsoft Engineer with Exchange specialisation to support the clients of this fast growing company. You will be responsible for liasing with customers, managing enterprise server environments, and developing and architecting solutions for external clients.

You will need:

A solid understanding of Windows 2008

Previous experience with Exchange

Active directory experience including Design, Migration, Support and Administration

A minimum of 5 years IT experience

Outstanding communication and presentation skills

If this sounds like your next challenge, then apply now!

SALARY UP TO 89 k USD

http://www.dubaijobs.net/ITJOBS.html

This is a decent plan B. Remove [Dubai] and plug pretty much any place at all. That's mine. Fungible skill set ftw.

[Iormlund]

My plan B used to be going abroad as well. Crohn's has significantly changed that, sadly. Plan B now consists in spending countless hours studying in order to be able to waste my talents in a dull but secure and stress-free public sector job.

[Tamas]

My Plan B is to take my savings, move to Canada and try to put my feet down there. And it triggers if my current job goes belly up for whatever reason, because the closest place I could get a remotely as nice job as this would be the capital, and if I have to bear living in a big smelly dangerous city in a crappy apartment, I might as well bear with it in a civilized country.

[Cecil]

Fuck this, we need a war.

[Malthus]

Grab the pack, rifle, pistol and head to the mountains. Oh cache the other weapons and ammo I cant carry.

Yes, but what's your "Plan B"?

[Sheilbh]

Also, as someone who was an expat for 6 months, living in Brussels, I gotta say it sucks immensely companionship-wise (I am not just talking about hooking up for sex, but just being able to spend time with friends etc.)

And that was Brussels, which was close to Paris and London, and still within the Western world. I can't imagine how soul-destroyingly bleak and boring it would have to be to live in Dubai, not to mention Saudi Arabia.

I think it's different in Saudi because you'd be living on a compound.  In Dubai (like Hong Kong) I hear there's a very strong expat community with expat bars and the like - but I hear that like Hong Kong it's more or less segregated.  The local life is either totally separate (Dubai/Saudi) or the expats are unpleasantly insular (Hong Kong).  It's a whole new sort of hell.  I couldn't imagine that as opposed to working and living  in, say New York.

The real horrible expat postings are the oil ones though.  2 years in Port Gentil! :W00t:

[Habsburg]

Never had a plan.  But things worked out.  Hope I never have a Plan A or B.

[11B4V]

Grab the pack, rifle, pistol and head to the mountains. Oh cache the other weapons and ammo I cant carry.

Yes, but what's your "Plan B"?

[C.C.R.]

So do you have a big plan B if all else fails and if so what is it ?

Sell the house.
Sell the car.
Sell the kids.
I'm *never* coming home...

[Eddie Teach]

Never had a plan.  But things worked out. 

Your improv skills are clearly superior to mine.

[HisMajestyBOB]

So do you have a big plan B if all else fails and if so what is it ?

Sell the house.
Sell the car.
Sell the kids.
I'm *never* coming home...

Name your boy "Sue" before you leave home.

[derspiess]

We own land in Argentina.  I s'pose we could pull up stakes, move down there & build our llama empire.  Or do the boring but more lucrative thing & grow soybeans.