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Re: Ask HN: I'm desperate to stay in Denmark. Anyone need a great web/ios dev?

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Post by geoffw8 »

antr wrote: post #70
geoffw8 wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Was there a point to your comment? A rebuttal? A... anything? Fed up of people on HN just trying to be the smartest guy in the thread through odd means, disagreeing being one. The guy made a helpful contribution to the thread, don't give him a hard time for doing so, or worse, calling him under qualified Worse of all its just not nice, you might have inferred from his comment he isn't qualified to x, what do you thin…

Yes, the point is the comment. I haven't said that his comment is not helpful, I think otherwise. On the other hand, the remark on the qualifications of the Danish labour market is short sighted: "Hey, lets label the Danish average people for the sake of it". PS: this is not about being "smartest guy in the thread", it's about calling on those who make unsubstantiated remarks; in this case of the people's abilities i…

That still isn't a point pal. Its an observation which frankly I don't even know if you're qualified to make. I know I certainly am not. He may have been just trying to make a guy feel better about a bad situation?

Regardless, my point is that yours did not add any value to the conversation at all, it did not leave an open door to discuss the state of the labour market, or ask "hey, are you saying that from experience?". Worse, you called someone you don't know unqualified.

Even if you happen to be the labour minister of Denmark, you still should have tried to add value to the conversation.

Edit (and last I'll say): "It's human nature to differ on views, and express alternate opinions, and that is of value."

DUDE - If thats what you'd done, we wouldn't be having this conversation. You didn't offer an alternate opinion.

Anyway, that is all. Have a good day.

Re: Ask HN: I'm desperate to stay in Denmark. Anyone need a great web/ios dev?

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Post by sball »

oellegaard wrote: post #64
pdelgallego wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It was that or the weather :)

No-one would move to Denmark for the weather. Trust me, I'm Danish.

Not for Sweden either (they do it for the very-easy-to-explore wellfare system... sigh)

Re: Ask HN: I'm desperate to stay in Denmark. Anyone need a great web/ios dev?

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Post by Stegger »

thlt wrote: post #9
the1 wrote: post #7

> want to stay for foreseeable future. and then > I need a work visa to stay longer than 3 months. I don't know about the law, but if a company sponsors you, you probably need to stay with the company for at least a year. And, I personally wouldn't hire someone whose primary purpose for staying with the company is a girl. You didn't have to mention about it at all. But, good luck.

I sincerely don't think anything wrong with that. He has worked for Yahoo & Facebook and can find a lot cooler companies in SV than in Denmark but love is something more important than that.

I would consider that remark biased. Sweden and the swedes is okay, but a bit envious of Denmark. Anyways, you could try to post your story on amino.dk It's a startup site though, but that could lead to a fast employment. I hope you found a nice girl, and welcome to Denmark.

Re: Ask HN: I'm desperate to stay in Denmark. Anyone need a great web/ios dev?

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Post by sball »

messyp wrote: post #43

If nothing pops up soon, just move to Malmö. Just about everyone here is shacked up with a Dane and living in exile (Denmark changed their residency laws so that now even if you're married to a Dane it's still difficult to get a visa). In Sweden, you'll get at least 6 months on a tourist visa.

Or you could actually just claim that you are from some country that's having 'political problems' from which you never learned to speak nothing but english, and also claim you can never return (because in that case you'll get killed), and voilá! :-)

Re: Ask HN: I'm desperate to stay in Denmark. Anyone need a great web/ios dev?

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Post by Praveens »

All the best for and hope something works out for you. And despite what few of the comments suggest, i don't think your motivation and in turn your dedication would be any less towards the company hiring you. And based on your qualifications, you would be a "Catch" for any company.

Re: Ask HN: I'm desperate to stay in Denmark. Anyone need a great web/ios dev?

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Post by fowkswe »

hjalle wrote: post #36

I'm pretty sure you already thought about it, but you might consider Sweden (Malmo) as well, since it's really close to CPH and will probably increase your chances of staying in that area at least, although it's not Denmark.

There's always ... Ikea

Re: Ask HN: I'm desperate to stay in Denmark. Anyone need a great web/ios dev?

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Post by messyp »

throwawayCPH wrote: post #37
hjalle wrote: post #36

I'm pretty sure you already thought about it, but you might consider Sweden (Malmo) as well, since it's really close to CPH and will probably increase your chances of staying in that area at least, although it's not Denmark.

Yeah, Malmö is also an option, although I'm not sure how big the tech community is there?

tech community here is actually pretty good for a city of its size. Malmö is kinda the Oakland to Copenhagen's San Francisco... A lot of startups seem to come out of projects related to Lund University, so you might also look for things in Lund as well (about 10 minutes N. of Malmö .. actually just search for anything in Skåne, which will catch anything in Malmö/Lund/Helsingborg )

monster.se and se.indeed.com are pretty good for generic job listings. Also i've found universities here (i.e. http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/about-lund-university/jobs , http://www.mah.se/english , http://www.slu.se/en/ ) are a good place to look for Python jobs, as a lot of bioinformatics/science dept. are looking for developers. I guess you might also try blocket.se and thelocal.se , as there are some jobs posted there...

Lastly, not too clear about your situation, but another option might be to enroll in a Pd'D program, as they will give you a visa and a decent wage. This is true in either Denmark or Sweden.

But, just to be warned, Denmark does have a reputation of having rather harsh visa requirements. I'm not joking when I say a lot of people in Malmö moved here because of the somewhat recent Danish crackdown on visas.

Re: Ask HN: I'm desperate to stay in Denmark. Anyone need a great web/ios dev?

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Post by [deleted] »

aik wrote: post #31
seanmcdirmid wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ya, that's weird. From my own anecdotal experience, Denmark has the maybe highest per capita computer science PhDs in the world.

Very interesting. What do you think is responsible for this? How did it come about? My understanding is that the education system in Denmark (and their core educational values) is different than most places.

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Re: Ask HN: I'm desperate to stay in Denmark. Anyone need a great web/ios dev?

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Post by r3m6 »

Broaden your search: If you find work with any company in continental Europe (=> Schengen area!) the work visa will allow you to live in Denmark. You could, for example, work remotely for a company in Germany.

For example in Germany, most IT jobs with a salary over 40000 Euro/Year qualify for a work visa (first three years, then unlimited).

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