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An architect (known HERE IN GERMANY to be an over-run study-topic with too little jobs or low pay (until you made it)), a social worker, which is now a dish was
by mqsiuser 12y ago
An architect (known HERE IN GERMANY to be an over-run study-topic with too little jobs or low pay (until you made it)), a social worker, which is now a dish washer. Highly qualified foreign workers (which we highly need)...
even if the article portrayed a university guy... where are we (Germany, Europe, rest of the world) on a global ranking on universities?! (We are well behind Berkley, Stanford and Harvard!)
There were only 170 "expert workers" coming in the first year [1]. Also on that link a more in-side discussion (german residents) with much more critical tone (Google translate may help).
And I am not against that all the Russians, Rumanians and now also the people from the recent crisis come here because of hard economic problems in their country. But... you know... let's keep the church in the village.
People are having less and less offspring because live gets more difficult here (work opportunities only in big cities, living costs (esp. housing FOR A FAMILY), taxes, requirement to travel, etc.). And then arguing "we need people/imigrants"... it's just twisting everything... like a german politician said "I make me my world as I'd like it to be"). There is even the debate here, that "Germany gets rid of itself".
And then YC summer "batch" consisting of 68 groups, which received funding (some, then "B", "C", what 1 Mio, then 21 Mio)... wow... there is not much here (sorry, no it's not!)
Ignorance is bliss ("ja ja ja, the Americans are just more risk-friendly", end of personal horizont)
It's good to be called a "SF based company"
"Made in Germany", yeah... cars... and cars and cars (I wouldn't wonder if Google or Apple or a StartUp (Tesla?) would crush these next)
Europe, welcome to the old world!
But what will it look like in 10 or 20 years?
[1] http://m.welt.de/print/welt_kompakt/print_wirtschaft/article131322266/Im-ersten-Jahr-kamen-nur-170-Fachkraefte.html http://m.welt.de/print/welt_kompakt/print_wirtschaft/article...
- facepalm 12y agoI think the universities are really good. I agree on the cars issue. Makes me really nervous that everything hinges on the car industry and they don't seem to get the future at all.