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Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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Post by lennartblanco »

ffjffsfr wrote: post #312
vhab wrote: post #248

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you're in tech, Sweden is a more attractive opportunity. It's pretty similar to the Netherlands culture wise, but with a much bigger and faster moving tech scene. That said, any in that line up will be a bit of a culture shock coming from the US. Source: I'm Dutch and moved to Sweden

If I'm programmer/developer looking for job in Sweden where can I find offers? How do you feel about taxes in Sweden? Aren't they very high in nordic countries?

Here is a common job aggregator site for Sweden:

https://www.jobbsafari.se/jobb/it/systemutveckling

Most of the ads are in swedish, but google translate does a decent job of translating.

Don't be afraid to apply in english, majority of IT companies does not mind hiring english-only speakers.

Not sure about the rules on getting a work-visa in Sweden.

Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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Post by [deleted] »

ffjffsfr wrote: post #312
vhab wrote: post #248

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you're in tech, Sweden is a more attractive opportunity. It's pretty similar to the Netherlands culture wise, but with a much bigger and faster moving tech scene. That said, any in that line up will be a bit of a culture shock coming from the US. Source: I'm Dutch and moved to Sweden

If I'm programmer/developer looking for job in Sweden where can I find offers? How do you feel about taxes in Sweden? Aren't they very high in nordic countries?

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Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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Post by mtw »

anguswithgusto wrote: post #41

Montreal startups hiring: -Transit (transitapp.com) -Unsplash (unsplash.com) -Hopper (hopper.com) -Breather (breather.com) -Sonder (sonder.com) -Busbud (busbud.com) -AmpMe (ampme.com) -Fuzzy AI (fuzzy.ai) -Frank & Oak (frankandoak.com) You can get a pretty nice 1 BR apartment in Montreal for ~$600 US/mo. Incredible bars, beautiful people, great schools, bike paths, and lots of outdoor rinks to play hockey in the wint…

Also : immigrating to Canada is time-consuming and exhausting (typically 1 year and lots of paper work) but going to Canada with a work visa is quick and painless. Most of the time, startups are taking care of the paperwork and can even help of the relocation. And if you really like the place, after a few months, you can then apply for immigration.

Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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Post by mtw »

mahyarm wrote: post #25

As a Canadian who moved away, I must warn you that Canada has a form of dutch disease. Resource extraction investments have a much better risk/return ratio, so the pay doesn't even approach US levels. Thus software doesn't approach the levels of investment you have in the USA. And you thought SF was bad, wait until you see what has gone wrong with the housing markets in Toronto and Vancouver. I liked Canada and it's…

Real estate is much more reasonable in Montreal or in Calgary. And there are startups hiring also in those cities

Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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Post by smoe »

baby wrote: post #3

People are not going to move. After every single election in France people say they will move to the US, or to germany, or to... I've never seen anyone moved anywhere. ps: parts of my family moved out of Hong Kong when it became Chinese again. But that was quite a different situation.

Most don't, some do.

I myself moved from Switzerland to Colombia. Among other reasons because I wanted a break from the Swiss cultural and political climate.

But for me, emigrating isn't a definite thing. At least as long as I don't have children. Maybe I'll stay, maybe go back, maybe move somewhere else after a while.

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Post by [deleted] »

baby wrote: post #3

People are not going to move. After every single election in France people say they will move to the US, or to germany, or to... I've never seen anyone moved anywhere. ps: parts of my family moved out of Hong Kong when it became Chinese again. But that was quite a different situation.

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Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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Post by jessaustin »

fooker wrote: post #257
sverige wrote: post #187

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, there's putting the brakes on globalization, fewer foreign wars, lower government spending (and probably some progress on reducing the national debt, which has increased more in the last eight years more than all of the 232 years prior to that, combined), among other things.

You do realize that the US is relevant only because of globalization?

Relevant to whom? While international friendship is great, we don't have to bomb anyone to be happy ourselves. Arguably, less international aggression would make the world in general happier as well.

Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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Post by wallzz »

Outpox wrote: post #374
baby wrote: post #3

People are not going to move. After every single election in France people say they will move to the US, or to germany, or to... I've never seen anyone moved anywhere. ps: parts of my family moved out of Hong Kong when it became Chinese again. But that was quite a different situation.

If Le Pen manage to be president in May 2017, I'll seriously consider moving from the country. But to go where? Maybe Luxembourg, they've got a shit ton of work in my field (web dev), they pay way more than in France but life is a bit more expensive and foreign workers aren't apprecieted in the whole country. With Trump elected today, the right wings movement in France will get bigger :(

I will leave France too if Le Pen get elected, as a foreigner in France, there will be no chance to stay here.

Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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Post by wallzz »

superzadeh wrote: post #295
baby wrote: post #3

People are not going to move. After every single election in France people say they will move to the US, or to germany, or to... I've never seen anyone moved anywhere. ps: parts of my family moved out of Hong Kong when it became Chinese again. But that was quite a different situation.

I moved from France to Germany already. If you work in software and don't like the direction France is taking, it's a no brainer.

I am considering to move from France to Germany too, how are the salaries there ?, I work in tech too.

Re: Canada's immigration website crashes on election night

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Post by [deleted] »

superzadeh wrote: post #295
baby wrote: post #3

People are not going to move. After every single election in France people say they will move to the US, or to germany, or to... I've never seen anyone moved anywhere. ps: parts of my family moved out of Hong Kong when it became Chinese again. But that was quite a different situation.

I moved from France to Germany already. If you work in software and don't like the direction France is taking, it's a no brainer.

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