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Check out JetBrains' new R&D office in St. Petersburg

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Re: Check out JetBrains' new R&D office in St. Petersburg

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Post by rdemmer »

r080 wrote: post #6
nraynaud wrote: post #2

it's so refreshing to see a company rising from somewhere else than the western world. Somehow it's almost too bad they chose the google style for their office it's not exotic enough for my westerner's eyes. I'm a fanboy: since 2005, I have made all my employer buy some of their products, and when I have no employer, I buy some myself. (on a side note, I didn't know they where in Russia, I always assumed they were ba…

> I always assumed they were based in Central Europe they have headquarters in Prague

hhariri writes, "The Sales office is located in Prague, with a small Dev department. Most R&D is in St. Petersburg and in Munich."

Re: Check out JetBrains' new R&D office in St. Petersburg

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nraynaud wrote: post #2

it's so refreshing to see a company rising from somewhere else than the western world. Somehow it's almost too bad they chose the google style for their office it's not exotic enough for my westerner's eyes. I'm a fanboy: since 2005, I have made all my employer buy some of their products, and when I have no employer, I buy some myself. (on a side note, I didn't know they where in Russia, I always assumed they were ba…

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Re: Check out JetBrains' new R&D office in St. Petersburg

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Post by nraynaud »

hhariri wrote: post #8
skrebbel wrote: post #5

Does anyone know why JetBrains, which seems to very much be a Russian company, has their head office in Prague?

The Sales office is located in Prague, with a small Dev department. Most R&D is in St. Petersburg and in Munich.

It must be quite funny to be in a company where almost nobody communicate in his native language. I've seen some russian language messages in youtrack followed by a stern response to write in english in public places.

The trick is always the same, when you use english as the common language in your company, you immediately give a strong communication power to native english speakers, they always look so confident when they speak. They look more professional by not doing mistakes, by using a wide vocabulary and by mastering the corporate lingo. That's a place where Europe could innovate: finding a third way between using English that completely obliterate non-native speakers in arguments and using hundred of translators, one for each couple of languages.

Re: Check out JetBrains' new R&D office in St. Petersburg

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Post by radicalbyte »

skrebbel wrote: post #5

Does anyone know why JetBrains, which seems to very much be a Russian company, has their head office in Prague?

If my experience is anything to go by, I assume that they went to Russia to take advantage of the high availability of smart and importantly mathematically-inclined developers.

That's important for a company who are building tools that lean heavily on compilers/compiler techniques..

Re: Check out JetBrains' new R&D office in St. Petersburg

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Post by seivan »

hhariri wrote: post #10
seivan wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Talent. By being in certain countries you exclude certain talent because of discriminatory laws. Russia for instance can forget about any talent that might be part of or supportive of LGBT. Not sure if Prague is better though, but at this moment most countries are better than 'state sponsored' national socialist attacks.

Not sure I'm following.

It was a guess on the reason, I guess I am wrong, but my point is still valid in general.
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