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I've just moved to Denmark, and pretty much both the positives of the original article and the points you've highlighted also hold true here.

reacharavindh 8y ago
I moved to Denmark a little over a year ago from the US. Nationality: India. I'm curious to hear your experience so far. I feel like it's a great compromise to have a fair and equal society where almost everyone gets paid in a similar range. I'm a software engineer who earns almost half of what I did in the US. On one hand, I feel happy living in a fair, and well educated, modern society. On the other hand, I feel like I'm missing opportunities and "settling" for comfort. I came to judge the attitude of Danish people for "just enough" thinking about jobs. In the sense that people are against being ambitious, competitive and pushing themselves. They're happy with what they do and enjoy life. It's a very different approach to life, that I'm intrigued about. What do you think so far? Cheers!
- pojzon 8y ago
  I would advice you to read Software Craftsman by Sandro Mancuso. In one of the chapters he explains that enjoyment of life is really essential. We live in times where "rat race" is so prevalent we forget to take a step back and think about "what is really important".
- 0xfaded 8y ago
  I'm Australian, worked in SF 4 years, and left to start my company because the startup visa was axed. There is a tonne of support for startups, and I've had no issues raising money. After all the "free money" and taking into account the reduced cost of SWEs, the math works out to be the same as fund raising in the US. I've been told, and now that I'm hiring have started to observe, that there is a category of new graduate who may be less ambitious than in other countries. You get emails which to me read "I'm a newly graduated X, I'm now ready to join your company to continue my education". I would say there are fewer people who have applied themselves through hobbies and side projects during their education. I get that not everyone thinks that you should need to have side projects, but honestly I learned to code writing bots for MMORPGs, not university. The good news is that you have access to the whole European market, and because the jobs are more spread out good people in other countries are paying attention to whats available elsewhere. I live in Odense. Feel free to reach out, carl@fishirobotics.com.

reacharavindh 8y ago

I moved to Denmark a little over a year ago from the US. Nationality: India. I'm curious to hear your experience so far. I feel like it's a great compromise to have a fair and equal society where almost everyone gets paid in a similar range. I'm a software engineer who earns almost half of what I did in the US. On one hand, I feel happy living in a fair, and well educated, modern society. On the other hand, I feel like I'm missing opportunities and "settling" for comfort. I came to judge the attitude of Danish people for "just enough" thinking about jobs. In the sense that people are against being ambitious, competitive and pushing themselves. They're happy with what they do and enjoy life. It's a very different approach to life, that I'm intrigued about. What do you think so far? Cheers!

pojzon 8y ago
I would advice you to read Software Craftsman by Sandro Mancuso. In one of the chapters he explains that enjoyment of life is really essential. We live in times where "rat race" is so prevalent we forget to take a step back and think about "what is really important".
0xfaded 8y ago
I'm Australian, worked in SF 4 years, and left to start my company because the startup visa was axed. There is a tonne of support for startups, and I've had no issues raising money. After all the "free money" and taking into account the reduced cost of SWEs, the math works out to be the same as fund raising in the US. I've been told, and now that I'm hiring have started to observe, that there is a category of new graduate who may be less ambitious than in other countries. You get emails which to me read "I'm a newly graduated X, I'm now ready to join your company to continue my education". I would say there are fewer people who have applied themselves through hobbies and side projects during their education. I get that not everyone thinks that you should need to have side projects, but honestly I learned to code writing bots for MMORPGs, not university. The good news is that you have access to the whole European market, and because the jobs are more spread out good people in other countries are paying attention to whats available elsewhere. I live in Odense. Feel free to reach out, carl@fishirobotics.com.