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http://appsterdam.rs/events Starts: Wednesday 06/29/2011 - 19:00 Ends: Wednesday 06/29/2011 - 19:00
US-dates coupled with "Americans can visit for three months without a visa. Pack up the family for a summer vacation in Europe." make me wonder how much this thing is targeting Americans over, you know, us Europeans who don't already have a Silicon Valley.
> a location that’s far less expensive, and easier to immigrate to, than Silicon Valley. 4 years ago I travelled (mostly-) western Europe by train, staying in some of the big cities. Compared to the likes of Paris, Barcelona, Rome and Munich, I felt Amsterdam was a lot more expensive. Of course times may have changed, and the comparison was to Silicon Valley, which I have no experience of, but it struck me as a stran…
First two links:
http://www.citymayors.com/statistics/expensive-cities-europe... http://www.finfacts.ie/costofliving.htm
I thought this was funny: http://appsterdam.rs/events Starts: Wednesday 06/29/2011 - 19:00 Ends: Wednesday 06/29/2011 - 19:00 US-dates coupled with "Americans can visit for three months without a visa. Pack up the family for a summer vacation in Europe." make me wonder how much this thing is targeting Americans over, you know, us Europeans who don't already have a Silicon Valley.
We had around 150 people at the launch keynote. There were some Americans, but the majority were people from around all Europe.
Edit: BTW, thank you for the report, I notified the person responsible for the website about the error.
Amsterdam is neat but the Dutch hackers I know all choose to live in California because of the weather.
Of course there are trade-offs, and you have to go through the winter which in California does not exist.
Amsterdam is neat but the Dutch hackers I know all choose to live in California because of the weather.
IMO the summer here is great. It's not too hot and I love to bike in the summer breeze. In these days the sun sets at 10pm. Of course there are trade-offs, and you have to go through the winter which in California does not exist.
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IMO the summer here is great. It's not too hot and I love to bike in the summer breeze. In these days the sun sets at 10pm. Of course there are trade-offs, and you have to go through the winter which in California does not exist.
I was thinking more about the drizzly rain. I've only been there about 10 days total but it rained every day (in the summer.)
I prefer much more a changing weather and changing seasons to constant weather, but that's definitely very personal.
> a location that’s far less expensive, and easier to immigrate to, than Silicon Valley. 4 years ago I travelled (mostly-) western Europe by train, staying in some of the big cities. Compared to the likes of Paris, Barcelona, Rome and Munich, I felt Amsterdam was a lot more expensive. Of course times may have changed, and the comparison was to Silicon Valley, which I have no experience of, but it struck me as a stran…
I made a quick search on Google and Amsterdam turns out to be less expensive than the cities you cited. First two links: http://www.citymayors.com/statistics/expensive-cities-europe... http://www.finfacts.ie/costofliving.htm
Every time I read one of these "the Valley is moving to X" articles, I'm reminded of the last 15 years of "the Valley is moving to X" articles that haven't come true. Tech is a huge industry, and growth allows for jobs everywhere. I don't know why all of these articles have to be phrased as if jobs need to leave the Valley to make it happen.
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I made a quick search on Google and Amsterdam turns out to be less expensive than the cities you cited. First two links: http://www.citymayors.com/statistics/expensive-cities-europe... http://www.finfacts.ie/costofliving.htm
According those links, San Francisco or San Jose aren't even in the top 50 most expensive. Every time I read one of these "the Valley is moving to X" articles, I'm reminded of the last 15 years of "the Valley is moving to X" articles that haven't come true. Tech is a huge industry, and growth allows for jobs everywhere. I don't know why all of these articles have to be phrased as if jobs need to leave the Valley to m…
About the "the Valley is moving to X" I can tell you our objective is not to move the Valley here. What we want to really accomplish is to build the some sort of evolution of it. We want to build a great community and make Amsterdam the technology and innovation center in Europe. The outcome looks bright and we are very optimistic about it.
We definitely do not need to move the Valley here for Appsterdam to be successful, Europe is full of great talent. But of course people from the Valley are welcome as well and can make our community richer.
> a location that’s far less expensive, and easier to immigrate to, than Silicon Valley. 4 years ago I travelled (mostly-) western Europe by train, staying in some of the big cities. Compared to the likes of Paris, Barcelona, Rome and Munich, I felt Amsterdam was a lot more expensive. Of course times may have changed, and the comparison was to Silicon Valley, which I have no experience of, but it struck me as a stran…
I made a quick search on Google and Amsterdam turns out to be less expensive than the cities you cited. First two links: http://www.citymayors.com/statistics/expensive-cities-europe... http://www.finfacts.ie/costofliving.htm