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by s3nnyy 10y ago
Thank you! I honestly primarily try to add value. Some people moved because of these posts, so I hope my outreach has a positive net impact on the HN community.
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After Brexit everyone in Zurich thought that all FinTech startups would move from London to Frankfurt or maybe Zurich, since Switzerland has tight relationships with the EU. This did not seem to happen. Also, I haven't gotten more UK p
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One of my clients* is a fashion startup here in Zurich. The founder started his computer vision startup with material he discovered during his research at the ETH. He had to pay only a quiet low sum to get the IP. The sum was measured by ho
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Although Zurich's software engineers are as expensive as those in the Bay area, Google employs 1500 of them and they bought a new building next to the main train station to hire hundreds of new ML / AI experts. (Full disclosure: I
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When posting, I was actually not sure about exactly this point. Thanks for clarifying!
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I think this is a great move and will increase the chances of Europeans being hired by truly tech-driven firms in the US.
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In Switzerland you can buy train tickets with bitcoin ( http://www.sbb.ch/en/station-services/services/further-servi... ) and pay for government services with bitcoin ( http://www.swissinfo.ch/en
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By scanning freshjobs.ch you managed to get many jobs from Switzerland which is rare and rather nice. (Full disclosure: I am well-connected tech-recruiter in Switzerland, Zurich. Read more about Switzerland in my blogpost "8 reasons wh
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I like earlyretirementextreme.com more as it's deeper than MMM.
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Yes, even after the Swiss unpegged the franc from the Euro ( http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2015/01/ec... ), salaries are stable.
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Banking is less than 5% of Switzerland's GDP ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banking_in_Switzerland ). The top 10 companies by revenue are all in pharmaceuticals or commodity trading: https://en.wikipedia
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Ginetta | Frontend Engineer: Modular CSS + Javascript | Zurich | EU passport only or Swiss work permission holders only This might be a exciting, very well-paid opportunity (almost bay-area after-tax salary). Ginetta is a boutique web agenc
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GetButik | Backend (Team lead) Engineer: Php + Java | Zurich | EU passport or Swiss work permission holders only This might be a well-paid opportunity as we look for someone who can take over most of our CTO's responsibilities. Read mo
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This discussion is flawed as it assumes Switzerland is like the rest of Europe. The buying power here is at least two times the buying power of people in UK, Germany or anywhere else in Europe. It did not take part in both world wars and di
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Actually, programmers are well-suited to get out of debt quickly or retire early. Here is a talk I gave on this topic: "Move to Switzerland, work in IT, live frugally and be free": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H
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There is no doubt that the big four (Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook) and hot tech startups like Airbnb pay really well. However, I think that "normal" companies in the Bay Area pay normal salaries. If you are a normal softwar
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http://earlyretirementextreme.com/ is a bit nicer to read and goes a bit deeper than mrmoneymustache.
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GetButik | Backend (Team lead) Engineer: Php + Java | Zurich | EU passport only This might be a well-paid opportunity as we look for someone who can take over most of our CTO's responsibilities. Read more about the life quality in Zur
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Ginetta | Frontend Engineer: Modular CSS + Javascript | Zurich | EU passport only This might be a exciting, very well-paid opportunity (almost bay-area after-tax salary). Ginetta is a boutique web agency specialized in human-centered design
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If you're not already an EU citizen, it is hard to get into the canton of Zurich, that is true. However, it is possible in January as there are fresh quotas. And if you make senior-level salary, it is easier. Also, i depends on the com
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Switzerland is again number one in innovation ( https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/11/the-most-innovative-c... ). I live in Zurich. Due to the high-living standard, salaries, size, central location in Europe,
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I think there are people at law enforcement who have to watch explicit material to classify child-porn. Couldn't his be useful for them to automate not having to look at child-porn?
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Switzerland, Zurich | Onsite | Frontend: Modular CSS + Javascript | Full-time This might be a exciting, very well-paid opportunity (almost bay-area after-tax salary). Ginetta is a boutique web agency specialized in human-centered design and
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Pyramid maybe? ( http://www.pylonsproject.org/ )
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I live in Zurich. Due to the high-living standard, salaries, size, central location in Europe, Switzerland is probably the only country, where I'd like to live longterm. Yes things are expensive here but Swiss food is the cheapest in E
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Best is in my opinion to really practice salary negotiation with a friend. The most important aspects are: 1) Talk about salary at the very end of the interview process (by then the company should know your value). 2) Let the recruiter &#x2
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Hiring engineers is truly a sourcing problem. Bad ad-copy is part of this problem. When I interview companies, I almost always find something that makes them special (young engineers, exceptional tech-stack, real engineering-driven culture
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https://www.amazon.de/Programmierung-eine-Einführung-Informa...
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Same as compsci students at TU Munich, if Prof. Rybalchenko does the intro to functional programming course. I really enjoyed it and found it much better suited for students than other languages, especially with the book by Gert Smolka.
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Saving money is primarily a mindset. Tools might help but in my opinion they are absolutely not needed. Reading http://earlyretirementextreme.com/manifesto.html helped me to get the "saving money mindset" into my

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