Yeah, surely this isn't a move to get some EU funding... And to provide a base for the massive lobbyist team in Brussels.
Announcing Google Research, Europe
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Re: Announcing Google Research, Europe
#102Yeah, surely this isn't a move to get some EU funding... And to provide a base for the massive lobbyist team in Brussels.
1) Why do you think Google needs EU funding for their research ? Last I checked they had one of the largest cash reserves outside the US - which means a lot of it is in the EU, if anything this is a way to smartly spend that cash rather than get taxed repatriating it.
2) The lobbyists can be based in Brussels, Zurich isn't that close to Brussels anyways!
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Not at all. Germany is one of the most tech/dev friendly country, especially if you are outside web dev. I see a lot of C++ engineering opportunities there. If only it was an English speaking country, and they had a sun... (It's a shame that we don't have a good English speaking country in whole Europe...) ;)
Most Dutch people I've met speak better English than a good percentage of Americans...
Actually, they have quite an American accent. Because they watch a lot of American shows in original language, as they explain.
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Dude, enough already. You've been spamming every thread that barely touches anything Swiss+jobs with your top 8 list and placement offers for a long time now. Please stop.
Clearly it's still beneficial for some people.
It's not. He will stop responding to messages if it's clear to him that you can't make him any money. I contacted him once and he responded 3 months later and then stopped responding when it became clear I am not ready to move to Zurich just yet.
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#105Yeah, surely this isn't a move to get some EU funding... And to provide a base for the massive lobbyist team in Brussels.
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I am well-connected in the tech-scene in Zurich and if you're thinking of moving here and getting an IT job, feel free to contact me - you find my email address in my HN profile. Also you can read my blogpost "8 reasons why I moved to Switzerland to work in IT": https://medium.com/@iwaninzurich/eight-reasons-why-i-moved-t...
you answer mails aswell?
Good to see I am not the only one that he hasn't responded to...
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#107This really makes me consider moving my family to Zurich. Looking back at growing up in Germany/Europe made me really feel disadvantaged compared to people growing up in more tech friendly environments. I would want my child to grow up somewhere where technology is not overwhelmingly debated about in a negative light. So much good stuff is coming out of ETH that it really seems to be a place where people talk more en…
Where are you living now?
Re: Announcing Google Research, Europe
#108Yeah, surely this isn't a move to get some EU funding... And to provide a base for the massive lobbyist team in Brussels.
1) Why do you think Google needs EU funding for their research ? Last I checked they had one of the largest cash reserves outside the US - which means a lot of it is in the EU, if anything this is a way to smartly spend that cash rather than get taxed repatriating it. 2) The lobbyists can be based in Brussels, Zurich isn't that close to Brussels anyways!
1) Needs? Of course they don't need it. A -lot- of organisations asking for EU funding don't need it.
2) Yeah, but Zurich is a much nicer place than Brussels :) . And most likely not as watched by investigative journalists.
Re: Announcing Google Research, Europe
#109I wonder if this is because Google is having trouble recruiting people to the US, due to the crazy political system there, or because of visas or because of people with concerns about surveillance, gun control, the death penalty, lack of whistleblower protections, etc.
It's (probably) cheaper to open an office in an area where people are willing to work in tech than to try to move the talent. Believe it or not, not everyone wants to move to the US and leave friends and family behind.
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He doesn't supply any informations you couldn't lookup in 10 seconds on wikipedia. He also fading out any non positive details in his chorus of praise. I don't what his motivations are, but I guess he collects leads for some dubious job agencies.
I am the tech-recruiting agency and I only recommend jobs at companies I would work for myself (I am a software engineer with a master in CS from one of the top-3 schools in Europe). Sorry that I appear spammy, my motivation is truly to add value to HN and provide actionable information to those who are interested. I will try to be more modest in the future.
> I am the tech-recruiting agency
Your are not only spamming. Neither your touted blog entry nor your fastmail email address do give any hints that you earn provisions for your "help", quite the contrary they sound like you would be a ordinary developer working for one client.
And sorry, you don't get a _good_ job in Switzerland via a german headhunter in his twenties.
> master in CS from one of the top-3 schools in Europe
That would be the Technical University of Munich or Karlsruhe, I guess. It is a bit of a stretch to call this "one of the top-3 schools in Europe". I guess this BS is from the marketing page of the university itself.