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Re: Ask HN: I'm desperate to stay in Denmark. Anyone need a great web/ios dev?

#11

Post by kmfrk »

You can try contacting your embassy (http://denmark.usembassy.gov/) and see what options you have available. It sounds like you're pretty overqualified to be in Denmark. :)

You could also try to hit up the Robocat guys (http://robocatapps.com/) and ask if they know someone in the community who have any open positions.

I don't know how well they're doing, but Planely (http://www.planely.com/) offer visas for employees, and I imagine they'd love to have you there.

Airbnb also have a Copenhagen office, and while they don't explicitly have an open position, I imagine they'd love to make an exception for you: http://www.airbnb.com/jobs/locations/copenhagen-denmark.

I have no idea how getting a cool developer gig in Copenhagen works, but you could do worse than those suggestions.

EDIT: Oh, right, there is also the newly re-released Django People: https://people.djangoproject.com/dk/. Check out the profiles and see if any companies and openings show up.

EDIT2: You could also try setting up a profile on http://angel.co aimed specifically at Copenhagen.

EDIT3: You could also check out LinkedIn and Quora. I doubt they'll get you anywhere, but it doesn't hurt to try.

Re: Ask HN: I'm desperate to stay in Denmark. Anyone need a great web/ios dev?

#14

Post by haasted »

Trifork (www.trifork.com) are pretty big in the app space in Denmark. Try applying there.

Edit: also, tradeshift have their development offices in CPH.

Yet another edit: A Danish blogger recently assembled a list of Danish startups. Try looking through that for a match.

http://www.version2.dk/blog/opdateret-liste-over-danske-ivae...

Re: Ask HN: I'm desperate to stay in Denmark. Anyone need a great web/ios dev?

#15

Post by kokey »

Good luck. Welcome to being a visa requiring foreigner ;-) I have no idea about the Danish system, hopefully it's easier than in the UK. In the UK an employer needs to apply for a sponsorship license first, then they can sponsor you, it costs money and takes many months, and subjected to a monthly quota.

Seems like Denmark is a lot easier. Their points based system still let you in without a work permit (but only with certain occupations and if you have a masters degree or better) or if a Danish employer offers you more than 375k dk ($80k US), you won't need to get a work permit either.

Re: Ask HN: I'm desperate to stay in Denmark. Anyone need a great web/ios dev?

#17

Post by franzus »

kmfrk wrote: post #11

You can try contacting your embassy ( http://denmark.usembassy.gov/ ) and see what options you have available. It sounds like you're pretty overqualified to be in Denmark. :) You could also try to hit up the Robocat guys ( http://robocatapps.com/ ) and ask if they know someone in the community who have any open positions. I don't know how well they're doing, but Planely ( http://www.planely.com/ ) offer visas for emp…

> overqualified to be in Denmark

explain

Re: Ask HN: I'm desperate to stay in Denmark. Anyone need a great web/ios dev?

#19

Post by seanmcdirmid »

franzus wrote: post #17
kmfrk wrote: post #11

You can try contacting your embassy ( http://denmark.usembassy.gov/ ) and see what options you have available. It sounds like you're pretty overqualified to be in Denmark. :) You could also try to hit up the Robocat guys ( http://robocatapps.com/ ) and ask if they know someone in the community who have any open positions. I don't know how well they're doing, but Planely ( http://www.planely.com/ ) offer visas for emp…

> overqualified to be in Denmark explain

Ya, that's weird. From my own anecdotal experience, Denmark has the maybe highest per capita computer science PhDs in the world.
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