Corruption Perceptions Index 2013 • Hacker News Board

Re: Corruption Perceptions Index 2013

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Post by arethuza » Thu, Mar 13, 2014, 3:42 PM UTC

bliker wrote: post #20

throwaway_yy2Di wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One day, there will be a Danish startup on "Who's hiring".

If you are looking for more established companies I would suggest LEGO [1] and Danfoss [2]. You can find many positions on their sites that could be interesting for HN crowd. [1] http://jobs.lego.com/en-us/searchpage [2] http://jobs.danfoss.com/jobs/ And Denmark is a Microsoft-land as far I know. So keep that in mind.

I think Microsoft does Dynamics NAV development in Denmark. NB NAV is their mid-range ERP application - nothing to do with Navigation!

Re: Corruption Perceptions Index 2013

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Post by minimax » Thu, Mar 13, 2014, 3:49 PM UTC

The map of North America looks a little funny without the Great Lakes drawn in.

Re: Corruption Perceptions Index 2013

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Post by iandanforth » Thu, Mar 13, 2014, 3:53 PM UTC

If you're a cynic then the key goes from cheap (dark colored countries) to expensive (lighter colored countries) corruption.

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Post by acconrad » Thu, Mar 13, 2014, 3:54 PM UTC

This is a really annoying UX, I can't even tell who the top five countries are because the hover-overs overflow above the visible area of the map.

Re: Corruption Perceptions Index 2013

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Post by pekk » Thu, Mar 13, 2014, 3:55 PM UTC

3pt14159 wrote: post #4

The only one there that doesn't line up with my perceptions is Chile. I went there this time last year and their police and officials were nothing but transparent and professional. The fact that it isn't the same color as Canada must primarily be due to a general bias against South America as a whole.

A bias against South America by the people who are reporting their perceptions of corruption in their own countries?

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Post by workhere-io » Thu, Mar 13, 2014, 4:08 PM UTC

busterarm wrote: post #6

throwaway_yy2Di wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One day, there will be a Danish startup on "Who's hiring".

You might have to wait a while. Denmark has a very strong "nobody ever got fired contracting IBM" business culture. There are one or two consultancies in Copenhagen that I'm aware of that my friends work at and could recommend. Most startups there seem to be design outfits. I'm told incorporating there is hard but didn't seem so to me from the requirements I read - you just need a lot of money available at the outset…

There are lots of Danish startups: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7391809

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Post by workhere-io » Thu, Mar 13, 2014, 4:10 PM UTC

bliker wrote: post #20

throwaway_yy2Di wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One day, there will be a Danish startup on "Who's hiring".

If you are looking for more established companies I would suggest LEGO [1] and Danfoss [2]. You can find many positions on their sites that could be interesting for HN crowd. [1] http://jobs.lego.com/en-us/searchpage [2] http://jobs.danfoss.com/jobs/ And Denmark is a Microsoft-land as far I know. So keep that in mind.

And Denmark is a Microsoft-land as far I know.

For startups, no. There's as large an open source scene here as anywhere else. Ruby on Rails was started by a Dane (David Heinemeier Hansson), as was PHP, C++, and the V8 JavaScript engine used in Node.

Re: Corruption Perceptions Index 2013

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Post by carlob » Thu, Mar 13, 2014, 4:10 PM UTC

iandanforth wrote: post #23

If you're a cynic then the key goes from cheap (dark colored countries) to expensive (lighter colored countries) corruption.

Italy seems to be an outlier in this respect: faring worse than Portugal, Spain and Turkey.

Chile and Uruguay seem to be perceived as less corrupt as their GDP per capita would lead you to think.

I think we need a scatterplot!

With flags: http://imgur.com/Ld0bXTO

With names: http://imgur.com/vX7dsTV

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Post by workhere-io » Thu, Mar 13, 2014, 4:13 PM UTC

rasmuskl wrote: post #14

busterarm wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You might have to wait a while. Denmark has a very strong "nobody ever got fired contracting IBM" business culture. There are one or two consultancies in Copenhagen that I'm aware of that my friends work at and could recommend. Most startups there seem to be design outfits. I'm told incorporating there is hard but didn't seem so to me from the requirements I read - you just need a lot of money available at the outset…

There's lots of cool start-up culture in Denmark. (Podio, Zendesk, Zyb, etc) While the system isn't always too kind to start-ups (high tax etc) they still do exist. I've been working as a developer in Denmark for 7 years now (currently Xamarin) and haven't had a problem finding interesting projects.

While the system isn't always too kind to start-ups (high tax etc)

Actually, apart from high personal income tax, Denmark is one of the most business-friendly countries in the world. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7391268

Re: Corruption Perceptions Index 2013

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Post by workhere-io » Thu, Mar 13, 2014, 4:19 PM UTC

busterarm wrote: post #6

throwaway_yy2Di wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One day, there will be a Danish startup on "Who's hiring".

You might have to wait a while. Denmark has a very strong "nobody ever got fired contracting IBM" business culture. There are one or two consultancies in Copenhagen that I'm aware of that my friends work at and could recommend. Most startups there seem to be design outfits. I'm told incorporating there is hard but didn't seem so to me from the requirements I read - you just need a lot of money available at the outset…

I would _love_ to go work over there but I doubt I could meet the requirements and I'm not lucky enough to have an EU citizenship.

I think there are company-sponsored visas available. You should try contacting one of the Danish companies you're interested in working for. They're always hiring.