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I moved to Switzerland (from Denmark) almost a decade ago, and I’ve not regretted it. 1. If we’re talking software engineering, the demand is ultra-high. I’ve
by mikl 5y ago
I moved to Switzerland (from Denmark) almost a decade ago, and I’ve not regretted it.
1. If we’re talking software engineering, the demand is ultra-high. I’ve had to hire freelancers, because skilled software people are neigh-impossible to find.
2. Yeah, for engineers and other skilled workers, pay is very good, even the relatively high cost of living considered.
3. Before CV19, 100% remote was pretty rare. 1-2 days of home office was pretty common. Nowadays, things are a lot less defined, and given how desparate companies are to hire skilled ppl., you can probably negotiate something.
I’m not sure how to describe the work culture, but if you get into some tech start up in Zürich or Geneva, you probably won’t find it too foreign, and everyone speaks English well enough.
If you have a EU passport, you can generally get a work visa just by asking. If you’re from elsewhere, it’s a little more involved, but still manageable.
- eskimo87 5y agoSuper interesting. Can you share what is the consulting/freelance rate going for skilled software people?
- mikl 5y agoPrices in excess of 1'000 CHF/day are not unusual if you get someone through an agency. Freelancer rates I’m less sure of, but they’re probably not far behind.
- catchmilk 5y agoThanks! Are there any 'tech-specific' areas in Switzerland, or is it mostly just the big cities like Geneva & Zurich that have most of the tech jobs?
- burundi_coffee 5y agoZug prides themselves in being the <strikethrough>scam</strikethrough> crypto capital of Switzerland.
- mikl 5y agoThe two MIT-like schools in Switzerland, EPFL Lausanne and ETH Zürich are big tech hubs. Also Google has a huge hub in Zürich, and most of the other big tech companies have offices there or in Zug. And as someone mentioned, there’s a lot of crypto-stuff going on in Zug.
- mikl 5y agoOh and before I forget, Bern has a bunch of OpenData/government IT stuff going on, and Basel is a hub for medical companies (Novartis and friends), and thus has a lot of med-tech companies.
- candiodari 5y agoIs there any site where you can find jobs and/or freelance opportunities in Switzerland?
- mikl 5y agoI’ve never really needed to look for work, but https://www.jobs.ch/en/ https://www.jobs.ch/en/ is one of the big ones. Lots of smaller portals too.