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I was extremely impressed by Budapest and Bratislava on a recent trip to Europe. I'm surprised the article doesn't mention either of them by name, but I suppos
by schnevets 9y ago
I was extremely impressed by Budapest and Bratislava on a recent trip to Europe.
I'm surprised the article doesn't mention either of them by name, but I suppose if, as the article states, "Every company is a tech company now”, then any city with a half-decent economy is a tech city now.
- bane 9y agoI suspect Budapest's tech companies exist because there's a very unusual market in Hungary due to being a language isolate. I saw lots of homegrown companies and ways of doing things of all types there. Bratislava on the other hand looks like it's being rebuilt almost from the ground up, has a reasonable tech scene (even hosts demoscene parties!) and also has some of the friendliest people I've ever met anywhere. Eset seems to be the anchor company.
- skrebbel 9y agoHey, even Saarbruecken hosts demoscene parties :-)
- mrisoli 9y agoI am an expat engineer in Budapest and the tech scene here has a lot of ups and downs, definitely meet a lot of engineers just by walking around, it isn't quite a tech hub yet. The very low cost of living and high salaries for engineers make it quite attractive, even though rent prices keep going up it is still a very good place to live, decent quality of living, centrally located within Europe with lots of options to travel and all, I'd definitely recommend, and hope it becomes an even bigger tech hub in the future.