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Talent. By being in certain countries you exclude certain talent because of discriminatory laws. Russia for instance can forget about any talent that might be

by seivan 13y ago

Talent. By being in certain countries you exclude certain talent because of discriminatory laws. Russia for instance can forget about any talent that might be part of or supportive of LGBT. Not sure if Prague is better though, but at this moment most countries are better than 'state sponsored' national socialist attacks.

hhariri 13y ago
Not sure I'm following.
- seivan 13y ago
  It was a guess on the reason, I guess I am wrong, but my point is still valid in general.
  - adobriyan 13y ago
    this lgbt rubbish would be the least of your problems in russia
    - seivan 13y ago
      rubbish?
- mtrimpe 13y ago
  He's referring to St. Petersburg's (and Russia's in general) horrendous treatment of it's non-heterosexual inhabitants: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/01/russia-rise-homophobic-violence http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/01/russia-rise-hom...
munchhausen 13y ago
Yeah, no, Prague is no better. When it comes to LGBT rights, it's the same story all across the Soviet Union.
- mtrimpe 13y ago
  It's not perfect either but Prague is definitely better than St. Petersburg. I'm pretty sure blinding people by shooting BB-guns at an LGBT meetup [1] would still be considered a crime by Prague's police department. P.S. It's former soviet union states. And I think Prague was never officially a Soviet state, so former Communist countries perhaps? [1] http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/two-injured-in-attack-on-st-petersburg-lgbt-gathering/488911.html http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/two-injured-in-at...
oddx 13y ago
But most of their talents are in St. Petersburg, so this point has no logic. You could use this reasoning if their (small) headquaters were in St. Petersburg and most of development offices in Prague, but in reality opposite is true.
- deleted 13y ago
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ivan_gammel 13y ago
It is the funniest reason I've ever heard. There's crazy shortage of talents in Moscow and SPb, so any employee will hire a gay, a centipede from Tau Ceti or a satan and shower him with money and lots of perks if he is good in programming. However, lack of gay developers is definitely not the cause of this shortage (after all, their rights are protected by Constitution and being in top 10% of citizens by income, IT people in two russian capitals have more options to defend them - living in Russia is not comfortable, but it's not dangerous as well).
- berntb 13y ago
  He he, I remember 15 years ago when I told a friend studying economics and East Europe, that I had racist tendencies when it came to Russians -- everyone I had ever talked to for more than five minutes were an engineer or had a cultural job (musician, etc). He coughed up some coffee and told stories about St P, the cost of life (well, the cost of death) and so on. So, it is not dangerous now? It is good that things get better, good luck with getting rid of the present thieving criminals. If I still remembered some math, it would be fun to get a job there and see the place a bit more.
  - ivan_gammel 13y ago
    Life in Russia significantly improved during last 15 years, but crime rates are still high everywhere. However, it depends on your life style whether you face this danger on the streets or not. IT jobs are among the best paid here, so you can afford secure neighborhood. Modern Russia has large police force and a half-million army of CHOPs ("private security enterprise"), guarding malls, banks, offices, train stations and local trains etc. As for the gays, I've been living near a gay club in Moscow several years ago and never seen any criminal activities related to it (never visited it since I'm not a gay and there were too many drunken freaks).
    - berntb 13y ago
      Well, as long as you don't own a company worth stealing you don't get problems with the police (and other organized crime)? :-) I've only been to gay parties a few times in my life. Very depressing, since they have much more fun than we hetero people. You feel a bit ashamed even, for your "preferences". :-( It doesn't matter, since (at least for Sweden) they have horrible music taste, Eurovision is the least bad component.
altero 13y ago
I think you have no idea about situation Czech Republic and Russia. Work Law is influenced by socialism and way more friendlier to worker. Any discrimination based on sexual preferences, sex, race, age and so on is strictly forbidden. One could sue for an ad which says they want 'younger' workers. Gay discrimination would be national scandal. There is also handful of agencies which are very keen to enforce Work Law. There is violence against LGBT, but most cases are severely punished by state. What is 'war on drugs' in US, is 'war on neonazis' in Czech Republic. I would suggest other subjects for discussion. For example the gay rape in US prison is widely accepted, comedians even joke about it on TV.
- seivan 13y ago
  > There is violence against LGBT, but most cases are severely punished by state. What is 'war on drugs' in US, is 'war on neonazis' in Czech Republic. HAHAHAHAHAHAH sure man, sure.
  - altero 13y ago
    ???
seivan 13y ago
EDIT; My God people, I was just throwing a guess there. I Might be wrong in this situation.

by seivan 13y ago

hhariri 13y ago

Not sure I'm following.

seivan 13y ago
It was a guess on the reason, I guess I am wrong, but my point is still valid in general.
- adobriyan 13y ago
  this lgbt rubbish would be the least of your problems in russia
  - seivan 13y ago
    rubbish?
mtrimpe 13y ago
He's referring to St. Petersburg's (and Russia's in general) horrendous treatment of it's non-heterosexual inhabitants: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/01/russia-rise-homophobic-violence http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/01/russia-rise-hom...

munchhausen 13y ago

Yeah, no, Prague is no better. When it comes to LGBT rights, it's the same story all across the Soviet Union.

mtrimpe 13y ago
It's not perfect either but Prague is definitely better than St. Petersburg. I'm pretty sure blinding people by shooting BB-guns at an LGBT meetup [1] would still be considered a crime by Prague's police department. P.S. It's former soviet union states. And I think Prague was never officially a Soviet state, so former Communist countries perhaps? [1] http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/two-injured-in-attack-on-st-petersburg-lgbt-gathering/488911.html http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/two-injured-in-at...

oddx 13y ago

But most of their talents are in St. Petersburg, so this point has no logic. You could use this reasoning if their (small) headquaters were in St. Petersburg and most of development offices in Prague, but in reality opposite is true.

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ivan_gammel 13y ago

It is the funniest reason I've ever heard. There's crazy shortage of talents in Moscow and SPb, so any employee will hire a gay, a centipede from Tau Ceti or a satan and shower him with money and lots of perks if he is good in programming. However, lack of gay developers is definitely not the cause of this shortage (after all, their rights are protected by Constitution and being in top 10% of citizens by income, IT people in two russian capitals have more options to defend them - living in Russia is not comfortable, but it's not dangerous as well).

berntb 13y ago
He he, I remember 15 years ago when I told a friend studying economics and East Europe, that I had racist tendencies when it came to Russians -- everyone I had ever talked to for more than five minutes were an engineer or had a cultural job (musician, etc). He coughed up some coffee and told stories about St P, the cost of life (well, the cost of death) and so on. So, it is not dangerous now? It is good that things get better, good luck with getting rid of the present thieving criminals. If I still remembered some math, it would be fun to get a job there and see the place a bit more.
- ivan_gammel 13y ago
  Life in Russia significantly improved during last 15 years, but crime rates are still high everywhere. However, it depends on your life style whether you face this danger on the streets or not. IT jobs are among the best paid here, so you can afford secure neighborhood. Modern Russia has large police force and a half-million army of CHOPs ("private security enterprise"), guarding malls, banks, offices, train stations and local trains etc. As for the gays, I've been living near a gay club in Moscow several years ago and never seen any criminal activities related to it (never visited it since I'm not a gay and there were too many drunken freaks).
  - berntb 13y ago
    Well, as long as you don't own a company worth stealing you don't get problems with the police (and other organized crime)? :-) I've only been to gay parties a few times in my life. Very depressing, since they have much more fun than we hetero people. You feel a bit ashamed even, for your "preferences". :-( It doesn't matter, since (at least for Sweden) they have horrible music taste, Eurovision is the least bad component.

altero 13y ago

I think you have no idea about situation Czech Republic and Russia. Work Law is influenced by socialism and way more friendlier to worker. Any discrimination based on sexual preferences, sex, race, age and so on is strictly forbidden. One could sue for an ad which says they want 'younger' workers. Gay discrimination would be national scandal. There is also handful of agencies which are very keen to enforce Work Law. There is violence against LGBT, but most cases are severely punished by state. What is 'war on drugs' in US, is 'war on neonazis' in Czech Republic. I would suggest other subjects for discussion. For example the gay rape in US prison is widely accepted, comedians even joke about it on TV.

seivan 13y ago
> There is violence against LGBT, but most cases are severely punished by state. What is 'war on drugs' in US, is 'war on neonazis' in Czech Republic. HAHAHAHAHAHAH sure man, sure.
- altero 13y ago
  ???

seivan 13y ago

EDIT; My God people, I was just throwing a guess there. I Might be wrong in this situation.