Ask HN: I will help your startup in exchange for food and a place to stay

Re:Ask HN: I will help your startup in exchange for food and... by hal9000xp on Monday August 10, 2015 @05:10AM (#10033466)

Easiest one is Sweden among western wealthy countries! I don't have university degree and I didn't have big salary. They gave me a work permit in one week!

In short, you only have to get job offer to relocate to Sweden.

They didn't even check my employment history.

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Re:Ask HN: I will help your startup in exchange for food and... by rplnt on Monday August 10, 2015 @05:19AM (#10033484)

What was your "source" country though? I'd imagine it would depend on that a lot.

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Re:Ask HN: I will help your startup in exchange for food and... by hal9000xp on Monday August 10, 2015 @05:22AM (#10033496)

I'm from Russia. It means I don't have any privileges in getting visa in any European country.

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Re:Ask HN: I will help your startup in exchange for food and... by jacobush on Monday August 10, 2015 @05:40AM (#10033556)

Native Swede here. Welcome to Sweden! I take every opportunity to make a point of welcoming Russians to live and work here, while at the same time denouncing Russia's regime. Being afraid of the Russian Federation and her recent actions is not the same as being afraid of or disliking Russians. Just wanted to get that out...

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Re:Ask HN: I will help your startup in exchange for food and... by hal9000xp on Monday August 10, 2015 @06:10AM (#10033633)

Thank you! Last two years, me and my friends (who are software engineers) left Russia. I have Russian friends in Sweden, Switzerland, Germany, UK, US.

So western countries get more high qualified people like me and my friends.

Putin motivate high qualified people to find a job in Europe :)

And as everybody agree in 21 century, high qualified people is everything for growing economy.

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Re:Ask HN: I will help your startup in exchange for food and... by wallzz on Tuesday August 11, 2015 @04:28AM (#10039697)

How's life there ? I live in France and I'm planning to move to Sweden, but its difficult to move to a country you don't know.

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Re:Ask HN: I will help your startup in exchange for food and... by jacobush on Tuesday August 11, 2015 @08:33PM (#10045307)

It's really rainy and cold 8 months a year, if you live in Stockholm or south of it. If you live up north, it's at least cold and snowy and beautiful4 of those 8 months, instead of rainy. I love the summer in Sweden, but it's so short. The Stockholm winter climate just sucks, sorry. It has to be either colder or warmer for me to like. Mud and rain is not my thing.

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Re:Ask HN: I will help your startup in exchange for food and... by ForFreedom on Monday August 10, 2015 @06:58AM (#10033771)

So whats the website I need to go check if I am eligible for a work visa?

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Re:Ask HN: I will help your startup in exchange for food and... by jacobush on Tuesday August 11, 2015 @08:40PM (#10045342)

http://www.migrationsverket.se/English/Private-individuals/W...

Basically, you need to get a job offer from a company in Sweden with a competitive ("normal") salary, and you are in.

IF your line of work is on the shortage list, such as IT work.

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