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If you have a safety net (wealthy parents, personal wealth, strong social welfare), it's not really a life-altering decision anywhere.

• emodendroket 9y ago
  Yeah, but I think the point is that in Sweden you don't need to have wealthy parents or personal wealth.
  • Cthulhu_ 9y ago
    Same in NL, although the government support has been slimmed down a lot and it's no longer offered if you're over 30, the assumption probably being that by then you make enough money to pay for an education on your own.
  • gaius 9y ago
    ... to go and live for a few months in a foreign holiday destination while taking an expensive private course? I call shenanigans. You need to be rich for that anywhere.
    • emodendroket 9y ago
      ??? To forego college and come back later.
    • lancebeet 9y ago
      There are actually foreign destination coding bootcamps that are free (for the attendee) organized by Swedish recruitment/consultancy firms. I'm not sure how they're financed, it may be the steep fees they charge companies for consultants. That being said, the girl in question is probably rich given that ancient Greek and Latin aren't part of the regular curriculum at public schools in Sweden.