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I really wish more companies would follow suit (and not only in Ireland), including design and development roles in the equation. Behemots like Apple have the
by Kurtz79 11y ago
I really wish more companies would follow suit (and not only in Ireland), including design and development roles in the equation.
Behemots like Apple have the money and infrastructure to make it irrelevant where offices are located, and in Europe (even considering that Europe is not a monolithic entity) there is a potential pool of talent larger than the US.
Where I live (Madrid) salaries for engineering jobs are a fraction of what they are in US, every multinational has a presence here, but most local jobs are sales or retail.
- threeseed 11y agoApple very much believes in the importance of face to face communication for the most part so money/infrastructure is irrelevant. I am sure the whole secrecy aspect of their business is pretty important as well. The way Apple works to take advantage of European developers is through acquisitions where they still largely keep the teams in tact.
- mcginleyr1 11y agoInterestingly I know a lot of descendants of the Irish Diaspora are starting to take interest in returning work to Ireland. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-north-west-ireland-our-game-development-ron-mccandless?trk=prof-post https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-north-west-ireland-our-ga... is just one example, there's more when you look at things like the Irish American Business Chamber & Network ( http://iabcn.org/ http://iabcn.org/ ). Curious to see what happens over my lifetime.