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I moved from the SF Bay Area to Stockholm around 6 months ago to do my MS in computer science at KTH and I am still surprised by the amount of tech startups here. At the KTH career fairs I have met with developers from some very interesting startups that are eager to hire EU-based developers.
I guess Spotify aren't really a startup anymore!
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> Sweden has one if the longest working weeks in the EU. Normal work day starts at 8am. We're talking about startups on a website mostly for programmers, right? Programmers enjoy nearly free work schedule. I've seen people come at work at 7 in the morning and leave at three in the evening. Or come to work at 10 and leave at 7. Second, work-life balance is paramount in Sweden. No one will bat an eye if you have to pic…
“No one will bat an eyelid if you take a day off work.” You forgot to mention that you WON’T get paid if you take a single day off work, something that makes Sweden unique in the modern world? Sweden is a great place to work in many ways, but there are severe problems for people moving here to work if they are accustomed to other EU countries.
> Natural Cycles: Enter your temperature into the app. Natural Cycles’ smart algorithm analyzes your data. The app will tell you if it's a red or a green day and whether or not you need to use protection to prevent pregnancy. Recipe for disaster
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/31/natura...
This is a fantastic list. Thank you for sharing. I moved from the SF Bay Area to Stockholm around 6 months ago to do my MS in computer science at KTH and I am still surprised by the amount of tech startups here. At the KTH career fairs I have met with developers from some very interesting startups that are eager to hire EU-based developers.
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It is significantly harder to attain a high quality of life at decent cost in Stockholm these days. Especially since the housing market is high, but stalling, and there is a recession looming. Sweden pushing itself as a good home for startups seem to largely correlate with becoming a worse place to live in, and therefor to a large extent be posturing. There have also been more obviously successful startups in the pas…
>Sweden pushing itself as a good home for startups seem to largely correlate with becoming a worse place to live in, and therefor to a large extent be posturing. This isn't, implicitly, true. For Stockholm, sure. What about a city like Växjö? Or Motala? There are very decent areas to live in Sweden, close to booming tech start-ups, and aren't suffering the same plights that the capital is seeing. Admittedly, the poin…
But if anyone know of a city in Sweden with accessible good living conditions and decent opportunities I would of course be happy to hear about it.
> Natural Cycles: Enter your temperature into the app. Natural Cycles’ smart algorithm analyzes your data. The app will tell you if it's a red or a green day and whether or not you need to use protection to prevent pregnancy. Recipe for disaster
https://www.thelocal.se/20180112/swedish-contraception-app-r...
This is a fantastic list. Thank you for sharing. I moved from the SF Bay Area to Stockholm around 6 months ago to do my MS in computer science at KTH and I am still surprised by the amount of tech startups here. At the KTH career fairs I have met with developers from some very interesting startups that are eager to hire EU-based developers.
Did you learn Swedish to do your MS? I am moving to there and thinking on do an MS too.
This is a fantastic list. Thank you for sharing. I moved from the SF Bay Area to Stockholm around 6 months ago to do my MS in computer science at KTH and I am still surprised by the amount of tech startups here. At the KTH career fairs I have met with developers from some very interesting startups that are eager to hire EU-based developers.
Did you learn Swedish to do your MS? I am moving to there and thinking on do an MS too.
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> Sweden has one if the longest working weeks in the EU. Normal work day starts at 8am. We're talking about startups on a website mostly for programmers, right? Programmers enjoy nearly free work schedule. I've seen people come at work at 7 in the morning and leave at three in the evening. Or come to work at 10 and leave at 7. Second, work-life balance is paramount in Sweden. No one will bat an eye if you have to pic…
“No one will bat an eyelid if you take a day off work.” You forgot to mention that you WON’T get paid if you take a single day off work, something that makes Sweden unique in the modern world? Sweden is a great place to work in many ways, but there are severe problems for people moving here to work if they are accustomed to other EU countries.