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Welcoming Tech Talent from Around the World to France

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Re: Welcoming Tech Talent from Around the World to France

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Post by bsder »

dna_polymerase wrote: post #2

Yeah flee from the right-wing nightmare that is the U.S. right now to join a nation with the exact same problems and that speaks a different language after all (oh and it is france, they'll let you know that you are american scum to them) This pathetic try to cash in on the whole Trump situation is disgusting. If you want to to relocate to Europe try Berlin or Stockholm.

A moron as the chief leader of the country is not something that France shares with the US.

In addition, I don't see a huge number of elected representatives of France colluding with one of their chief enemies.

France has it's issues; however, their leadership is significantly better than the US, at the moment.

Re: Welcoming Tech Talent from Around the World to France

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Post by raitom »

jedmeyers wrote: post #6
Animats wrote: post #3

There has been a very strong dynamic over the past few years around France’s 10,000 startups. Any info on the success rate?

Yet only 70 companies are allowed to hire talent based on the visa rules.

Out of those 70 companies, how many have job offers in english?

Re: Welcoming Tech Talent from Around the World to France

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Post by anonyfox »

At this point it seems that many Europe nations are more "free" than the US. Now with same-sex marriage getting legal in germany the probably last big issue is resolved. You will not get extreme high salaries like in the US, but there is stuff like free higher education and getting serious medical care won't be expensive at all.

Also remember that the EU has a higher population than the US with very diverse countries to explore just a few hours apart, all rich of culture and stuff that is over thousand years old.

Oh, and of course we don't have Trump. :D

Re: Welcoming Tech Talent from Around the World to France

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Post by foepys »

raitom wrote: post #13
samfisher83 wrote: post #11

Will they pay as good as the Us? That is going to be the biggest motivator in my opinion.

No, around 40k€ / year, before taxes.

You cannot directly compare a San Francisco salary to a French/Western European salary. Healthcare, benefits, rent, etc. are completely different.

Re: Welcoming Tech Talent from Around the World to France

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Post by notadoc »

This seems sort of like the kind of visa system the USA would advertise to attract a particular talented group, does it not? The founder visa looks quite friendly and easy, but it's four years. What happens after that? And what if the startup fails, does the founder have to leave France?

I also wonder how appealing these international visa programs will be in light of the changing US immigration and visa system. Will the USA lose out on talent? Will the USA lose on half of the next generation of billion dollar+ startups? Assuming the past trend mentioned in WSJ persists, anyway

https://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2016/03/17/study-immigrants-fou...

Re: Welcoming Tech Talent from Around the World to France

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Post by sgroppino »

It will be interesting to see how French engineers and computer scientists see this type of visa. The perhaps equivalent H1B visa in the US is or was obviously a big plus in certain areas but was lately perceived as an abuse channel to get cheap labour to replace the locals. Hopefully this scheme won't be abused...
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