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by s3nnyy 11y ago
That is right but Zurich is tiny and almost everyone lives "in the suburbs" where the rents are half as much and which only means a 10-15 min commute[1] to town (using the superb public transport). [1]"Living in the suburbs&q
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by s3nnyy 11y ago
If you look for a coding job in Europe, Zurich is a great place to live and is the only place where net-salaries are on par with the Bay Area. Salaries are in the range of 7000 - 12000 CHF / month after taxes and apartments can be way
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by s3nnyy 11y ago
I also think that asking algorithmic coding challenges make no sense for most companies. Facebook, Google and other tech giants are you using algorithmic interviews because everything they do is at scale. However, this is not true for most
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by s3nnyy 11y ago
She likes that I don't waste money on useless shit like everyone else but rather save such that I can finance studies at Stanford or some other good school for our future kids, if they desire to do so. Having kids will mean I can'
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by s3nnyy 11y ago
I disagree. It all boils down to social skills. I am living frugally in Zurich and I am saving 80% of my income (see post above). What I do when I want to participate in social meals is this: I just eat my own food before so I am not hungry
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by s3nnyy 11y ago
I don't invest anything, I just have a regular coding job.
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by s3nnyy 11y ago
I am living frugally in Zurich, moved here for the super-high net-salaries and I am saving 80% of my income ( https://medium.com/@iwaninzurich/eight-reasons-why-i-moved-t... ). I could theoretically retire in 5 years. So
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by s3nnyy 11y ago
Talk to technical recruiters, who do have a network. If you want to stay in the Bay area, talk to Aline Lerner ( http://blog.alinelerner.com/posts/ ) or if you want to move to Switzerland, talk to me.
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Quatico | Switzerland, Zurich | Java Lead Product Engineer / Software Engineer Java | Full-time | Job-ad in German, since you have to speak German for this role: Als Lead Product Engineer / Software Engineer bei Quatico kannst du
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by s3nnyy 11y ago
Comparing Switzerland to any other country is unfair. It is a tiny country that has done many, many things right in the past and it will hopefully continue to do so. For more information and if you are interested in moving / working he
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by s3nnyy 11y ago
The public transport in Switzerland is really superb, haven't seen anything like it anywhere else.
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by s3nnyy 11y ago
I honestly try to add value to the HN discussion and I usually get upvotes. At the same time I often mention my recruiting thing. I agree that this post really went to far. Sorry this won't happen again.
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by s3nnyy 11y ago
That article reminds me of http://blog.tagesanzeiger.ch/datenblog/; these Swiss guys are trying to copy the "datablog" http://www.theguardian.com/data . I think the tagesanzeiger.ch guys make
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by s3nnyy 11y ago
At Google (Zürich) there is for sure some frontend work; if you're unlucky it is GWT, if you're lucky it is Typescript.
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by s3nnyy 11y ago
Maybe it is the physical proximity to artistic Italy. I don`t understand how a clearly Alemanni / Germanic culture like the majority of the Swiss managed to get world-wide known for things like "Helvetica" or the "Swiss
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by s3nnyy 11y ago
Quatico | Switzerland, Zurich | Java Lead Product Engineer / Software Engineer Java | Full-time | Job-ad in German, since you have to speak German for this role: Als Lead Product Engineer bei Quatico kannst du in einem "firmeninte
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by s3nnyy 11y ago
Due to the high salaries, things that are related to human labour are expensive. As a tourist you get a biased view of the country since you experience mostly the service industry.
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Author of the article here. Just contact me via the mail in my HN-profile.
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The downsite is that you loose liquidity then. Assuming you live in Russia, how / where are you going to buy bread with USD, let alone with CHF?
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by s3nnyy 11y ago
Switzerland is only 8 million inhabitants, thus it obviously can't produce on Chinese/US/German scale. Some Swiss IT-highlights include: - The biggest Google software engineering office outside California (around 2000 employe
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by s3nnyy 11y ago
One of the reasons I immigrated to Switzerland is direct democracy and stability. Since two hundred something years Switzerland is politically neutral. It is ranked the most stable economy in the world and the most competitive nation ( http
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by s3nnyy 11y ago
At least in Zurich, I doubt that this is the case as 30% of its population hold a foreign passport. There is no other city I know of that has such a huge percentage of foreigners. All other cities in Switzerland are rather small and by Euro
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by s3nnyy 11y ago
Switzerland is happiest country once again! If you look for a tech-job in Zurich, check out my story "8 reasons why I moved to Switzerland to work in IT" on https://medium.com/@iwaninzurich/eight-reasons-why-i
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by s3nnyy 11y ago
Switzerland is very close to Italy. I don't know if you are willing to move but if you are, you could easily work here 3-4 days a week (60%-80% emploment), make more than enough to live, have no clients who call you at night and build
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by s3nnyy 11y ago
Although a degree seems to be a poor predictor of performance in a software engineering role ( http://blog.alinelerner.com/how-different-is-a-b-s-in-comput... ), I am sure the percentage of people with degrees at Google is hi
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by s3nnyy 11y ago
I totally agree. This is the path I have taken and I do not look back. I rebuilt the recruiting process at my first IT-company after college. Now I started my own IT-recruiting agency in Zurich. If you look for a tech-job in the most liveab
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by s3nnyy 11y ago
I sincerely believe that living and working in Switzerland is nicer than anywhere else in Europe. With my comments I raise awareness for my side-income but primarily I try adding value to HN discussions.
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by s3nnyy 11y ago
Mh, that is confusing. I corrected it - thanks.

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