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Check out JetBrains' new R&D office in St. Petersburg
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#32So that's where our license fees are going...
yeah and thats excellent. I want the devs to feel comfortable when working so their products can get even better :) Besides i think their pricing is very competitive and that office probably cost a fraction of what hip spaces in SF cost.
Depends if you just fished out for TC, 3 build agents and 50 copies of R# (again).
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#33Does anyone know why JetBrains, which seems to very much be a Russian company, has their head office in Prague?
> Does anyone know why JetBrains, which seems to very much be a Russian company, has their head office in Prague? I've long assumed it was for marketing and business reasons. So many of us in the west automatically are suspicious of dealing with a Russian company, especially when it comes to handing over credit card information. A prejudice for sure. The Czech Republic, however, is close enough to Russia, with a clos…
You are right mostly, here the full story (in Russian) http://www.xakep.ru/post/60338/.
In short: 90% of employes (including founders) in JetBrains are Russians, and founders moved to Prague in 1999 because of economic reasons. Headquaters remains in Prague mostly because of it was founded here and, probably, because of reasons you are mentioned.
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#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 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."
Prague, what a beautiful city to work in.
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#35it'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…
Why would you expect it to be exotic? Russia is not Asia culturally, it's not East in any way except for geography.
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#36Earlier 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.
Yeah, no, Prague is no better. When it comes to LGBT rights, it's the same story all across the Soviet Union.
It's not perfect either but Prague is definitely better than St. Petersburg.
I'm pretty sure blinding people by shooting BB-guns at an LGBT meetup [1] would still be considered a crime by Prague's police department.
P.S. It's former soviet union states. And I think Prague was never officially a Soviet state, so former Communist countries perhaps?
[1] http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/two-injured-in-at...
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#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
yeah and thats excellent. I want the devs to feel comfortable when working so their products can get even better :) Besides i think their pricing is very competitive and that office probably cost a fraction of what hip spaces in SF cost.
Depends if you just fished out for TC, 3 build agents and 50 copies of R# (again).
R# is sooooo expensive for a company that can afford 50 developers.
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#38Re: Check out JetBrains' new R&D office in St. Petersburg
#39Does anyone know why JetBrains, which seems to very much be a Russian company, has their head office in Prague?
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.
But most of their talents are in St. Petersburg, so this point has no logic. You could use this reasoning if their (small) headquaters were in St. Petersburg and most of development offices in Prague, but in reality opposite is true.