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What European companies are like this? I've been trying to apply for ages at US companies, for the reasons such as this. Reading HN for 6 years and being US-cen
by mettamage 6y ago
What European companies are like this? I've been trying to apply for ages at US companies, for the reasons such as this. Reading HN for 6 years and being US-centered in general (thanks to tech) made me want to work like this. I've noticed that at European organizations people indeed try to pin me in a box, and then I can't thrive when I'm working there.
- flibble 6y agoFlipdish (HQ in Ireland with a distributed tech team) is one. Full disclosure - I’m the technical co-founder.
- igeligel_dev 6y agoFAANG can be found in Europe. And I believe companies like Spotify, Klarna, Skyscanner, Uber (Amsterdam), takeaway.com are also working like this.
- kabes 6y agoFor what it's worth. I worked at multiple European tech companies and moved to SF a couple of years back to work at a SV startup, and later a FAANG and this post heavily romanticizes silicon valley companies. Except for the bigger pay, I found them to be not that different. I'm now working back in europe and really don't miss SF/SV
- dkdbejwi383 6y agoAnother comment mentioned that a good indicator is whether or not software is a company's raison d'être or not. Compared with trad companies like old-school banks, B&M retailers, etc. If the entire value of the company is and always has been their software, it's likely they value engineers more.