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> overqualified to be in Denmark explain
by franzus 14y ago
> overqualified to be in Denmark
explain
- seanmcdirmid 14y agoYa, that's weird. From my own anecdotal experience, Denmark has the maybe highest per capita computer science PhDs in the world.
- mixmax 14y agoalso, Danes came up with or were leads in the development of Ruby on Rails, PHP, C#, Turbo pascal, C++, Delphi, Google maps, Google wave, the V8 javascript engine for Chrome, and the Varnish cache. Pretty good for a country with half the population of New York I'd say.
- haasted 14y agoThis is true, but the unfortunate angle on that is that, with the exception of Varnish, none of those things were actually made IN Denmark, if I recall correctly. Update: Seems DHH started RoR while studying at CBS.
- aik 14y agoVery interesting. What do you think is responsible for this? How did it come about? My understanding is that the education system in Denmark (and their core educational values) is different than most places.
- davidw 14y ago> What do you think is responsible for this? Legos? That and crappy weather that makes staying inside a good idea:-)
- panacea 14y agoLego is a medium. Like paint or sand. No need to pluralise :-)
- davidw 14y agoIt's a fairly fluid concept. In Italian, for instance, spaghetti and capelli ("hairs") are both plurals, rather than their "uncountable" English equivalents. I.e. "We're having spaghettis for dinner, but first comb your hairs". I always played with "Legos" as a kid, so for me that's what they are.
- kayoone 14y agoAll of scandinavia is really good in IT in regards to their tiny population. They also often have the best gamers/clans in the world :) Most of the year its very cold, IT infrastructure was very very good 10 years ago already and the countries are wealthy and have very good educational systems.
- aik 14y agoYeah true. However from my understanding a country like Finland focuses on different things than Denmark. Look at their rankings on the international PISA tests for example. Finland scores are great, Denmark not as much (18th I believe). I remember reading at some point (though now I'm not finding it) that Denmark focuses a bit more on personal development relatively, while Finland (and most other places) on the knowledge (math/science).
- hirenj 14y agoI think the overqualified here probably is in respect to the points system. You gain points for the level of education that you have, what your nationality is etc. For example, I've got points to burn here being an EU national with a bevy of academic qualifications.
- davidw 14y ago> I've got points to burn here being an EU national with a bevy of academic qualifications. I thought EU citizens were free to move to other EU countries without questions?
- StavrosK 14y agoWe are, what's this points system?
- icebraining 14y agoWe are, 'though for staying for longer than three months you need to have a job or enough resources such that you won't "become a burden on the social services of the host Member State during the stay". http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/justice_freedom_security/free_movement_of_persons_asylum_immigration/l33152_en.htm http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/justice_freedom_secur...
- riffraff 14y agojust to expand, it is highly unlikely you would have any issues with the three months period in general, as there is no structure to actually check if you have been in a country more than three months or not (no borders so you can most likely claim that you were in another country until yesterday).
- hirenj 14y agoI'm joint EU and Australian - so that's probably why I had the points system in my head. There's no points system for the first three months. There are, however, restrictions on EU citizens after three months, as you need a registration certificate. As far as I can see, you can get this if you're either employed, able to fend for yourself while studying, or are filthy rich.