The growth of the European startup scene

Re:The growth of the European startup scene by flexie on Monday May 29, 2017 @11:08AM (#14439465)

All but a handful of EU countries. Lived in DK, ES and BG. I can tell you that very few teenagers speak English well enough to learn to program so they can start a Facebook at 18 year.

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Re:The growth of the European startup scene by dutchieinfrance on Monday May 29, 2017 @12:00PM (#14439740)

When I was a European teenager in the 1980s, I met many peers who were great programmers - given their age (around 15, 16). They all spoke English very badly. They just weren't interested in English, only in programming languages. These were self-taught kids who were also good in math and science. Apparently you don't need to know much English to get good at programming.

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Re:The growth of the European startup scene by wtetzner on Monday May 29, 2017 @02:17PM (#14440524)

I think the argument was that a non-English Facebook likely wouldn't have taken off the way it has.

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