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How's that? To debug GOTOs you have to place breakpoints on each possible detection of error (or at a shared trampoline). To debug exceptions, you just enable first-chance exception handling for the kind of exception you're interested in and you're done.

So, the point of the linked article isn't that you are expected to get your PhD without being paid for your research work. Most if not all PhDs in Norway are paid or sponsored.

The point is that you can, having finished high school, go to Norway and get the whole 8-9 years of bachelor->masters->phd education completely free of tuition fees (disregarding the nominal ~100/year enrolment fee).

I completely agree!

I was answering urbangangster's very explicit pro-phone opinion with a different, real-life side of the same story.

Do nothing.

Some companies are stupid enough to fire people the second they get sniff of them considering leaving.

You could get your colleague into serious trouble by reporting something that is neither your, nor your employer's business.

Or NO!

Frankly, the right answer depends a lot on the nature of the business, and the people involved.

Being in the tech business, I would never even consider hearing someone out on the phone, simply because >99% of the unsolicited phone calls we get are scams or completely inappropriate for what we do.

If you were to send me a personal email, OTOH, you'd be guaranteed a reply. And it'd be much more likely to be positive if I've had the chance to check out your offering at my own pace.

Canada has a points system. You'll miss out on a lot of points for not having any higher education, but you can recoup some of that if your spouse matches the template:

http://www.workpermit.com/canada/points_calculator.htm