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Very happy to see Edinburgh get more recognition. I spent a year on exchange there while at University and was just blown away by the city. Great tech scene, in

by mabbo 9y ago

Very happy to see Edinburgh get more recognition. I spent a year on exchange there while at University and was just blown away by the city. Great tech scene, incredible University (of Edinburgh), so much history and just wonderful people. If I ever decide to leave Canada, that's probably where I'll go.

JPKab 9y ago
How affordable is it? Always wanted to spend some time in Scotland, and love the idea of checking out a tech scene.
dep_b 9y ago
Of the cities mentioned it's the only one I would actually consider to live. Perhaps Lisbon but I never visited it. Probably working for a local wage makes it a lot less romantic.
- pouta 9y ago
  You should give Porto a look. Way more romantic than Lisbon and a more thriving tech/startup scene.
  - passiveincomelg 9y ago
    Or Edinburgh in the summer, Porto the rest of the year. :)
grkvlt 9y ago
I am based at Codebase [0] in Edinburgh, a tech incubator office complex, with lots of startups based there as well as co-working and hot-desking spaces, where I work at a cloud orchestration company [1] where I am building a new blockchain network infrastructure for another company, [2] also based there. There's a lot of innovation going on here, definitely. Oh, and the Linux Foundation is holding the Open Source Summit 2018 conference [3] here later this year, too! 0. https://www.thisiscodebase.com/ https://www.thisiscodebase.com/ 1. https://cloudsoft.io/ https://cloudsoft.io/ 2. https://blockchaintp.com/ https://blockchaintp.com/ 3. https://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/open-source-summit-europe-2018/ https://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/open-source-summit...
cjrp 9y ago
Not to mention the Fringe in August (although I imagine if you live or work centrally it can be quite annoying).
aclelland 9y ago
Edinburgh is fantastic and definitely a great place to live and work! I work just a little north in Dundee. A great little city with a growing reputation[1]. If you're ever looking for a job in the games industry there are lots of companies based in the city. They tend to be smaller indy places although there are some larger companies too. [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-01-02/where-to-go-in-2018 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-01-02/where-to-...

by mabbo 9y ago

JPKab 9y ago

How affordable is it? Always wanted to spend some time in Scotland, and love the idea of checking out a tech scene.

dep_b 9y ago

Of the cities mentioned it's the only one I would actually consider to live. Perhaps Lisbon but I never visited it. Probably working for a local wage makes it a lot less romantic.

pouta 9y ago
You should give Porto a look. Way more romantic than Lisbon and a more thriving tech/startup scene.
- passiveincomelg 9y ago
  Or Edinburgh in the summer, Porto the rest of the year. :)

grkvlt 9y ago

I am based at Codebase [0] in Edinburgh, a tech incubator office complex, with lots of startups based there as well as co-working and hot-desking spaces, where I work at a cloud orchestration company [1] where I am building a new blockchain network infrastructure for another company, [2] also based there. There's a lot of innovation going on here, definitely. Oh, and the Linux Foundation is holding the Open Source Summit 2018 conference [3] here later this year, too! 0. https://www.thisiscodebase.com/ https://www.thisiscodebase.com/ 1. https://cloudsoft.io/ https://cloudsoft.io/ 2. https://blockchaintp.com/ https://blockchaintp.com/ 3. https://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/open-source-summit-europe-2018/ https://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/open-source-summit...

cjrp 9y ago

Not to mention the Fringe in August (although I imagine if you live or work centrally it can be quite annoying).

aclelland 9y ago

Edinburgh is fantastic and definitely a great place to live and work! I work just a little north in Dundee. A great little city with a growing reputation[1]. If you're ever looking for a job in the games industry there are lots of companies based in the city. They tend to be smaller indy places although there are some larger companies too. [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-01-02/where-to-go-in-2018 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-01-02/where-to-...