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This is really too bad -- Norway has a severe lack of software product companies. Most graduates end up in one of the country's many consulting outfits, both du
by Aqwis 11y ago
This is really too bad -- Norway has a severe lack of software product companies. Most graduates end up in one of the country's many consulting outfits, both due to the lack of positions in product companies and because those that do exist offer worse opportunities for career development than the consulting companies do.
- sverredanger 11y agoLast year Schibsted hired ex-Googler Rian Liebenberg as CTO and started bringing in people from Yahoo, Twitter, Amazon, Google, Spotify and even Qt/Nokia. apparently there are opportunities for career development even in Norway. Watch this space.
- toredash 11y agoThey outsourced operations to IBM, is that a good sign?
- sverredanger 11y agoSchibsted is huge and consists of a lot of companies running their own stack. I am not surprised to see some of that operated by IBM. It is a good sign if it enables Schibsted to focus on becoming more like a Technology company. It is too early to tell of course. Full disclosure: I am one of those ex-Googlers recently hired by Schibsted, and I am not working with IBM. I believe that what is happening is the most interesting thing happening in tech in Norway at the moment. Far better opportunity than the consulting companies Aqwis referred to.
- toredash 11y agoI've always viewed Schibsted as a owner of media companies, VG, Blokket etc. Not a company that is producing software. That at least how I read your views. From the little I've viewed they don't do anything special on IT operations, quite boring. So it might make sense, and what I've heard is that the quality of the operations (at least in Norway) haven't been to good. Random ramblings ends here <-
- wslh 11y agoMaking and selling software products is really hard, the software services sector is much less risky. It would be interesting to amplify the HN discussion and talk more about following the services route.
- gillianseed 11y agoI recall reading an article where Opera was highlighted as a company relying hugely on outsourced developers, so perhaps this won't make a difference for Norwegian developers.