A guide to freelancing in Finland

This is really great, thank you. Maybe I missed this bit but I noticed the guide doesn't touch on language issues at all, how hard is the transition for someone who doesn't speak Finnish?

Re: A guide to freelancing in Finland

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Post by Jsharm » Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 3:23 PM UTC

This is awesome, if only there was something like this covering Ireland...

Re: A guide to freelancing in Finland

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Post by shinryuu » Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 3:29 PM UTC

Awesome, now I wish there was a similar guide for germany :)

Re: A guide to freelancing in Finland

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Post by tsukurimashou » Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 3:40 PM UTC

lawlorino wrote: post #5

This is really great, thank you. Maybe I missed this bit but I noticed the guide doesn't touch on language issues at all, how hard is the transition for someone who doesn't speak Finnish?

Good question, I was wondering exactly the same

Re: A guide to freelancing in Finland

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Post by krageon » Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 3:43 PM UTC

lawlorino wrote: post #5

This is really great, thank you. Maybe I missed this bit but I noticed the guide doesn't touch on language issues at all, how hard is the transition for someone who doesn't speak Finnish?

Finnish is an absolutely atrocious language to learn for most people (unless you are already familiar with learning a language with a completely different root, and even then). That part will be hard.

I can't comment on the practicality of surviving with only English (or even Swedish, which most of them speak due to historical factors that I will politely gloss over), because I haven't tried.

Re: A guide to freelancing in Finland

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Post by aspirin » Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 3:50 PM UTC

lawlorino wrote: post #5

This is really great, thank you. Maybe I missed this bit but I noticed the guide doesn't touch on language issues at all, how hard is the transition for someone who doesn't speak Finnish?

In professional contexts as a software developer you will manage just fine with just English. Free time context and true integration to society will require learning Finnish. But you can take your time with that.

I’m a Finn.