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by s3nnyy 12y ago
The direct-democracy thing is unique to Switzerland. I don't know of any other country where politicians threaten each other publicly saying things like "If you continue behaving badly at XY, we're going to make a referendum,
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by s3nnyy 12y ago
One of the co-founders replied within three hours on a Sunday to this inquiry with a notification that a code-change has been pushed such that this issue can't happen again. I am impressed.
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by s3nnyy 12y ago
I've just wrote something for about an hour, then went to make a new outline point via "add article" on the left pane. As a result, the editor refreshed to the new empty outline-point and my previous written text disappeared,
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by s3nnyy 12y ago
I agree with PG on this trend. In "Reinventing Organizations" by Frederic Laloux you'll get more evidence that lack of meanness leads to success: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcS04BI2sbk Particularly the e
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by s3nnyy 12y ago
This is the most eye-opening talk, I've listened to since a long time. It is sad that it was published in August this year and was only viewed 8k times. I don't think this is a big number for the applicability this has.
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Ask HN: Join this Python or that Java shop
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by s3nnyy 12y ago
Maybe it did not came across because I am not a native speaker. I meant something along the lines what PG is pointing out in the "Why startups condense in America" essay: "The problem in more traditional places like Europe [.
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by s3nnyy 12y ago
The most curios job-offer I found recently is this: "Head of Development 20%" (means 1 day per week of work only): http://mindband.ch/were-hiring-junior-head-development-20
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by s3nnyy 12y ago
You'd be fine. Everything here (products etc.) have to be in at least two languages. In a city like Zurich, you'd get along very well in English only. Also, there are many companies around that have English as their "company
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by s3nnyy 12y ago
Actually, I try blogging about my experience moving here. You can read a first draft here: http://goo.gl/EIX4UX . Things are way cheaper than I thought, considering the salaries. As a Python entry-level developer who has to
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by s3nnyy 12y ago
I am not sure, if I can confirm this, but I find this really amusing: "If Hewlett and Packard tried running an electronics company out of their garage in Switzerland, the old lady next door would report them to the municipal authoritie
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by s3nnyy 12y ago
Maybe also that is why big things come from the US? True pain-points are more obvious in a place where one is not pampered and protected by society too much?
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by s3nnyy 12y ago
Yet, South Korea ranks high for a First-World-Country in "increase in happiness". If one sorts "World Happiness Report" according to "change in happiness 2005-2007", the top countries are mostly from the second
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by s3nnyy 12y ago
Happiness-wise South Korea ranks 41. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Happiness_Report ). Here in Switzerland (3rd in happiness) it is not unusual that people are employed only 3-4 days / week and still make eno
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by s3nnyy 12y ago
Just practice often enough to avoid this. Try http://interviewing.io - it's in (private) beta at the moment. How long were the time periods between your phone-interview attempts?
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by s3nnyy 12y ago
"Europe" is kind of broad and so is "Security". Switzerland is probably a good idea; try googling "Kudelski". Also, the guys from CloudFlare are constantly looking for talent in London.
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by s3nnyy 12y ago
Do you scrape the jobs from somewhere else or from where do you get the content from?
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by s3nnyy 12y ago
> One should judge a tree by it's fruits. I have to agree on this one. An "enlightened" person is supposed to have a happy, reliable state of mind that serves as a mirror to the true potential of all beings. Only then prac
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by s3nnyy 12y ago
They are trying to solve this by treating Tor exit nodes / shared IPs differently: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8297192
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by s3nnyy 12y ago
I doubt that "everything's been done already". There are people who would kill to get the skills you (probably) have after 23 years of building things. Everyone wants to "make something people want" (you can do the
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by s3nnyy 12y ago
"Being a computer programmer should not qualify." Doesn't Microsoft use a L-visa to put people first into Canada and then transfer them to US?
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by s3nnyy 12y ago
Which job is best to start with? Full stack developer?, Growth hacker?, something else?
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Ask HN: Which jobs prepare best to build a patio11 lifestyle-business one day?
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Ask HN: Firms that both in US and London and do L-Visa transfers
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Show HN: Help buyers decide – Sentiment analysis of Roku 3 and Chromecast(reviewvibe.com)
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by s3nnyy 12y ago
Thank you.
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I majored in CS but was always intersted in psychology. "Your results show you are a focused people person This means you enjoy dealing with other people while also being able to work hard and get things done. A good career fit likely