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What about southern Europe's technology hubs (Milan, Barcelona, Madrid, Lisbon)? Are they evolving differently? I don't remeber it exactly, but I spoke recenet

What about southern Europe's technology hubs (Milan, Barcelona, Madrid, Lisbon)? Are they evolving differently? I don't remeber it exactly, but I spoke recenetly on a party with somebody who lived for a few years in Lisbon and he quite liked it (and didn't spoke negativly on the IT-enviroment there, be it management or other stuff like meetups). Their universities are also not to underestimated (at least what I've heard from barcelona and lisbon. I've heard bad things from the CS at one of the universities around madrid).

rasz 7y ago
I find game development as a good proxy for the overall level of CS in a region. Can you name, from the top of your head, a Spanish game studio? or Italian? or Portugal? or even a single game? I could only come up with Commandos/Runaway series (Spanish) and Screamer/Assetto Corsa (Italian) on my own, plus knowledge Screamer developer is the only notable one still making racing games to this day. I couldnt remember a single game studio name :( and Im an avid current/retro gamer. Even looking up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Video_game_companies_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Video_game_companies_... is not that helpful. You know its bad when you get results like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_age_of_Spanish_software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_age_of_Spanish_software. Thats really not that great compared to the rest of Europe.
- LeanderK 7y ago
  > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_age_of_Spanish_software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_age_of_Spanish_software. Thats really not that great compared to the rest of Europe. Wow, this is shocking. Every wikipedia article about the spanish companies mentioned is worded in the past. None survived. Crazy how they not only declined, but disappeared. But I am not sure whether game dev is a good proxy for the overall CS level of a region.

rasz 7y ago

I find game development as a good proxy for the overall level of CS in a region. Can you name, from the top of your head, a Spanish game studio? or Italian? or Portugal? or even a single game? I could only come up with Commandos/Runaway series (Spanish) and Screamer/Assetto Corsa (Italian) on my own, plus knowledge Screamer developer is the only notable one still making racing games to this day. I couldnt remember a single game studio name :( and Im an avid current/retro gamer. Even looking up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Video_game_companies_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Video_game_companies_... is not that helpful. You know its bad when you get results like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_age_of_Spanish_software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_age_of_Spanish_software. Thats really not that great compared to the rest of Europe.

LeanderK 7y ago
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_age_of_Spanish_software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_age_of_Spanish_software. Thats really not that great compared to the rest of Europe. Wow, this is shocking. Every wikipedia article about the spanish companies mentioned is worded in the past. None survived. Crazy how they not only declined, but disappeared. But I am not sure whether game dev is a good proxy for the overall CS level of a region.