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Nothing wrong with the Czech Republic per se, but it’s at the far outskirts of the “Western world” and is nowhere near any modern tech hub. Hot tech companies t
by School-Cotton 4y ago
Nothing wrong with the Czech Republic per se, but it’s at the far outskirts of the “Western world” and is nowhere near any modern tech hub. Hot tech companies tend to be run from California, Seattle, New York, London, etc., or alternatively Shanghai, Beijing, Tokyo, etc., not from small states in Central Europe far from either pole. Thus the company being run from Czechia is a sign of how far it’s fallen.
This isn’t a “jab” at the Czech Republic at all, which is by any measure a wealthy, developed, and well-run country where people have a high quality of life.
- throwaway50601 4y agoPrague is a small tech hub by capital size, but the tech they're building there is first class
- ignite 4y agoJetBrains was founded in Prague. I suspect most people on hacker news are familiar with them.
- School-Cotton 4y agoI’m not claiming that it’s impossible for a top tech company to be run from Czechia. I’m only claiming that it’s uncommon.
- throwaway50601 4y agoNot entirely true. They used to sit in Saint Petersburg AFAIK, and it used to be all-Russian team at the beginning. The Czech address had been (not sure about now) just a virtual HQ.