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Show HN: A community for Swedish Startups

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Re: Show HN: A community for Swedish Startups

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Post by Yrlec »

hkj wrote: post #10
dschiptsov wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You need to get a job offer with a salary that isn't below the market rate in Sweden. - That is exactly the thing I'm looking for.) As for my site, it is hosted on Linode, so now and again connections are timed out.)

What he is saying is, if you get a job offer with a salary above the market rate in Sweden then you almost automatically get a visa otherwise you won't have a chance. Yes salary is the most important part of getting a work visa in Sweden.

Exactly. IANAL but as far as I know there are no quotas or educational requirements. Just as long you get a fair salary (which has to be approved by a trade union) then you're good to go. Edit: why the down vote? I am honestly curious what I did wrong.

Re: Show HN: A community for Swedish Startups

#12

Post by dschiptsov »

hkj wrote: post #10
dschiptsov wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You need to get a job offer with a salary that isn't below the market rate in Sweden. - That is exactly the thing I'm looking for.) As for my site, it is hosted on Linode, so now and again connections are timed out.)

What he is saying is, if you get a job offer with a salary above the market rate in Sweden then you almost automatically get a visa otherwise you won't have a chance. Yes salary is the most important part of getting a work visa in Sweden.

Thank you for detailed explanation. I know the system - it is almost the same as it is in US - some company must decide to hire you and then to do all the paperwork.

Re: Show HN: A community for Swedish Startups

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Post by dschiptsov »

Yrlec wrote: post #11
hkj wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What he is saying is, if you get a job offer with a salary above the market rate in Sweden then you almost automatically get a visa otherwise you won't have a chance. Yes salary is the most important part of getting a work visa in Sweden.

Exactly. IANAL but as far as I know there are no quotas or educational requirements. Just as long you get a fair salary (which has to be approved by a trade union) then you're good to go. Edit: why the down vote? I am honestly curious what I did wrong.

A set of documents must be supplied to the immigration authorities, which consists of a guarantee of a job offer from a registered enterprise and detailed financial information. Education and age aren't concerned in this case. It is important when one applies to student visa.

Re: Show HN: A community for Swedish Startups

#15

Post by ninjin »

sk00byd00 wrote: post #5

I'm in currently in Sweden and I get a 502 bad gateway... so I can't comment on the site, but out of curiosity, if this is targeted at the Swedish entrepreneur, why call it 'Swedish' anything rather than Svensk/Sverige which would be the first phrase typed in by a Swedish person on Google (one would assume)? I know some people speak English in Sweden (you can even hear people modelling their accents on a British or A…

> I know that English is a requirement of Swedish universities

Sure, to enter you need to meet certain requirements. But according to at least policy (if not law) all lectures for at least the bachelor level must be available in Swedish (if there is consensus among the students the lecturer may switch to English). Course materials is a different matter however, few if any books on advanced topics are translated into Swedish.

> if the American way of doing things taught me anything, its a lot of very capable people don't go to university.

Sure, but most capable American drop-outs that I know of dropped out at earliest in high school (in fact, finishing upper-secondary school is mandatory for Swedish children, by law). At that point a Swedish student will have studied English for at least six years and should be more than capable to write and read English. Add the enormous cultural influence from America to that.

Now, I agree with your point regarding the name. Perhaps a Swedish noun with an English sub-title would be better, "Raket: Monitoring the Swedish Start-up Scene". But I think the main reason it is in English is to cater to an international audience and possibly to be more accessible for expats living in Sweden (from what little personal experience I have, most of them don't even feel the need to learn Swedish due to the level of English spoken by the common man). Perhaps even foreign investors, who knows...

Re: Show HN: A community for Swedish Startups

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Post by jp1989 »

sk00byd00 wrote: post #5

I'm in currently in Sweden and I get a 502 bad gateway... so I can't comment on the site, but out of curiosity, if this is targeted at the Swedish entrepreneur, why call it 'Swedish' anything rather than Svensk/Sverige which would be the first phrase typed in by a Swedish person on Google (one would assume)? I know some people speak English in Sweden (you can even hear people modelling their accents on a British or A…

Well, in order to promote the Swedish scene to the rest of the world - it must be in English - so that's the fairly simple reason. The second being, I am not Swedish myself, so it doesn't really feel natural to write in Swedish.

Re: Show HN: A community for Swedish Startups

#18

Post by jp1989 »

znowi wrote: post #17

I expected a more nordic look :) Like bluish, lots of white, simplistic layout with green accents :) And why not host the Swedish community on .se domain?

Good point! We've been working with a few design ideas and I'm sure over time it will become more 'scandinavian feeling'. In terms of the domain - because we are trying to also promote Sweden to the world, we thought it more logical to use .com - we do have .se however. Great feedback though!
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