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The Norway Model: How the Scandinavian country became a literary powerhouse

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Re: The Norway Model: How the Scandinavian country became a literary powerhouse

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Post by DeathArrow »

doktrin wrote: post #55
riffraff wrote: post #21

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If that was the case you'd see the same outcomes from Sweden, but you don't. The obvious differentiating factor seem to be oil, Norway was a poor-isj country until a few decades ago.

> If that was the case you'd see the same outcomes from Sweden, but you don't. Care to expand on that? I quite literally have no idea what you're talking about. From my POV both Sweden and Denmark provide broadly similar quality of life and wealth of opportunities to their citizens.

Nordic countries provide opportunities only if you dislike work. The more you work, the more money you earn, the more of it the state takes from you to give to those who don't care to work.

Re: The Norway Model: How the Scandinavian country became a literary powerhouse

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Post by vidarh »

DeathArrow wrote: post #88
vidarh wrote: post #56

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Having spent enough time in the US that the immigration officials used to flick through my passport in disbelief at the number of US stamps I had in there, I think the disbelief is entirely justified because our concern is not what life is like as someone in a good job, but what society is like somewhere with the huge disparities and huge gaps in social safety nets that are there in the US, and I've seen enough of th…

>what society is like somewhere with the huge disparities and huge gaps in social safety nets that are there in the US True, in US you have to work to earn a living.

And this is why we don't want American conditions.

Re: The Norway Model: How the Scandinavian country became a literary powerhouse

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Post by defrost »

DeathArrow wrote: post #92

Is Norway still the number 1 in number of suicided per capita and depression?

When was it ever No. 1?

It's a bit above the global mean but there's 50+ countries with a higher per capita rate.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/suicide-r...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_r...

Norway, Congo, and Australia have similar per capita rates, the USofA has a greater per capita rate.

Re: The Norway Model: How the Scandinavian country became a literary powerhouse

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AlbertCory wrote: post #4

I liked this. Good analysis. > Norwegian novels are toned down, rarely noticeably conceptual, rarely in direct conversation with theory or tradition. Here, you find page after page of plot driven middle-class angst, minimalism and melancholy, closeness to nature, mellowness, humility, and what presents itself as stripped-down honesty. Here and there a funny novel does appear, but when it does, it’s usually funny in a…

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Re: The Norway Model: How the Scandinavian country became a literary powerhouse

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Post by tonyedgecombe »

DeathArrow wrote: post #78
klipt wrote: post #33

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Even better than EU, you're part of the Nordic Passport Union. Which I believe means you can naturalize as Norwegian with just two years residency there.

If you already have an EU passport, what would be the advantage?

Rules change (see Brexit).

Re: The Norway Model: How the Scandinavian country became a literary powerhouse

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Post by badpun »

DeathArrow wrote: post #77
eu-tech-tak wrote: post #67

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>What are typical bracket for software engineer as junior, 3 years, and 5 years of experience? For Oslo the salary range is something like this, a bit lower in smaller cities. These are the "typical" brackets, but you can definitively get a lot more: - 0 YOE - €45k-€60k - 3 YOE - €55k-€90k - 5 YOE - €70k-€150k and up A "median" salary in Oslo for a developer with 3-8 YOE is around €70k-80k. Anyone who has 5 YOE and a…

>If you earn 1 million NOK (€85k) you will pay €27k in tax. That leaves €58k. After paying all taxes I make €53k in Romania. So moving to Norway means I would lose a lot since the prices are much higher there.

Eastern Europe is one of the best place to live as a developer.

Re: The Norway Model: How the Scandinavian country became a literary powerhouse

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Post by DeathArrow »

badpun wrote: post #98
DeathArrow wrote: post #77

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>If you earn 1 million NOK (€85k) you will pay €27k in tax. That leaves €58k. After paying all taxes I make €53k in Romania. So moving to Norway means I would lose a lot since the prices are much higher there.

Eastern Europe is one of the best place to live as a developer.

Outside of US, yes. And I've heard developers in China and India are doing pretty good, too.

Re: The Norway Model: How the Scandinavian country became a literary powerhouse

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Post by fardinahsan »

DeathArrow wrote: post #77
eu-tech-tak wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>What are typical bracket for software engineer as junior, 3 years, and 5 years of experience? For Oslo the salary range is something like this, a bit lower in smaller cities. These are the "typical" brackets, but you can definitively get a lot more: - 0 YOE - €45k-€60k - 3 YOE - €55k-€90k - 5 YOE - €70k-€150k and up A "median" salary in Oslo for a developer with 3-8 YOE is around €70k-80k. Anyone who has 5 YOE and a…

>If you earn 1 million NOK (€85k) you will pay €27k in tax. That leaves €58k. After paying all taxes I make €53k in Romania. So moving to Norway means I would lose a lot since the prices are much higher there.

Are you making a quantile-quantile comparison? It's probably likely that you are making way more than the average romanian dev and the same is likely to apply in norway.
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