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by cplanas 10y ago
I can remember at least 9 different cities that have been called "the startup capital of Europe".
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by cplanas 10y ago
There is nothing in Europe that can compete with Silicon Valley, but the closest ones would be London and Berlin. London feels a bit more corporate, while Berlin seems younger and wilder.
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by cplanas 10y ago
This essentially ignores the condition of the US (and in particular the Bay area) as the tech capital of the world. The US is not bereft of talent, but the US alone does not produce enough tech talent to sustain its position in the world. I
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by cplanas 10y ago
I know someone in a similar, but slightly different situation. He worked for a European-based SaaS company; an American competitor offered him a job in the Bay. When he didn't win the lottery, they had him working in Dublin for a year,
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by cplanas 10y ago
That's the issue: he calls them tomorrow's languages, implying that they need to change ("can you marry modern thinking, build a community [...]) before getting there, or being "today's languages". So far, I st
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by cplanas 10y ago
I agree with some of the issues that the author points in Rails; but, at the same time, he is unable to name what is "today's software" using his words. Until then, I will stay with Rails. Until then. Moreover, the author see
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by cplanas 10y ago
I agree with your comment, particularly with the fact that HDI is a good index for monitoring the "richness" of a country. However, the parent comment was about Brazil being a 3rd world country, not only "poor" by US sta
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by cplanas 11y ago
As an immigrant in Denmark, I can confirm. After a while here, Trump sounds like a clown with centrist political views on immigration.
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by cplanas 11y ago
Well, the cost of living does not matter to the company; the issue for them are the salaries. According this[1], the average salary for a software developer in Shanghai is 150k RMB. That's like 30.5k Canadian dollars. The average salar
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by cplanas 11y ago
Yes, but even if Canada has a really big pool of talented developers for its size, the base problem is Canada's population size. According this ranking ( http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/universit.
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by cplanas 11y ago
EU is a clear example. And then you have China and India, that have a smaller percentage of educated people, but have such a big populations that their elites can be excellent. The issue with Canada is that it's pretty small, populatio
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by cplanas 11y ago
What is there for these companies in Canada? It seems a better idea to open development offices in other countries, that might be cheaper and have a bigger talent pool.
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by cplanas 11y ago
Good comment. Just a clarification: there is no path to the Green Card from L1B. There is a path from L1A, but I would guess they are a minority of the L1 visas. So yes, H1 seems to be the one and only skilled immigration program.
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by cplanas 11y ago
As a fellow Spaniard, how you got to the US? H1B?
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by cplanas 11y ago
You are supposing that an American company needs to have been founded in the US. That's not true. There are many tech companies, including 1B+ ones, that were founded out of the US and then moved there. The availability of capital is s
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by cplanas 11y ago
Yeah, yeah. London is amazingly expensive. And in CPH buying is "cheap".
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by cplanas 11y ago
I don't think renting is better in CPH than in Stockholm. Right now I'm paying 10.000DKK (1500USD) for a one bedroom apartment, not in the center (NV). It was the only option that didn't involve any shady stuff like no-contra
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by cplanas 11y ago
It's the same in Spain. I also think it's popular mainly in Germany.
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by cplanas 11y ago
At this point, I think that many Greeks would happily accept being a second Argentina. I guess that this is what they wanted when they voted Syriza and when they voted NO in the referendum. Moreover, the outcome of the Argentinian crisis, a
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by cplanas 11y ago
If reducing your budget matters, then Greece has a very prosperous economy. Reducing your budget does not matter if doing so sends you into a (bigger) depression that makes your debt grow. Spanish debt is growing fast, having almost doubled
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by cplanas 13y ago
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by cplanas 13y ago
Sad. I am the CEO of a social game with pretty big traction but with a pretty low user lifetime value (lower than in your example). With you I thought I could have a good analytics service at last. Not anymore.