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Re:Refused U.S. visa eight times, Zoom CEO is now a billionaire by qaq on Thursday April 18, 2019 @11:12PM (#19696827)
The above list makes sense for people outside of tech. People in tech have most of the above in US. Some countries in Europe have pretty competitive comp like Switzerland (Denmark, Norway have decent comp too but its getting destroyed by high taxes)
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Re:Refused U.S. visa eight times, Zoom CEO is now a billionaire by nstart on Friday April 19, 2019 @12:02AM (#19697002)
Curious about the comment on Norway taxes. They are high but the benefits offered are very good for citizens. Education and healthcare being top benefits. Also the culture contributes a lot to viewing it more positively from what I understand.

I don't work in Norway but I've been researching it as a possible location to migrate to in the future. Curious if there are any citizens from Norway who'd be interested in adding information to this though.

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Re:Refused U.S. visa eight times, Zoom CEO is now a billionaire by qaq on Friday April 19, 2019 @12:22AM (#19697081)
I think the situation is very skewed when comparing tech sector because of how competitive things are in US the comp packages can be far beyond of what you get as "free" gov. services in a place like Norway.
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Re:Refused U.S. visa eight times, Zoom CEO is now a billionaire by wolco on Friday April 19, 2019 @01:17AM (#19697268)
I look at remote job ads and I find the US, Canada at times the UK willing to hire internationally. Where Denmark, Norway, Germany seem hostile to non-locals.

To me those are key signals of a competitive market. It doesn't feel like Europe has a shortage of talent at the moment.

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Re:Refused U.S. visa eight times, Zoom CEO is now a billionaire by qaq on Friday April 19, 2019 @01:39AM (#19697332)
It sure does work culture is different though plus cost savings US vs Remote can be 2X vs for Germany more like 30%
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Re:Refused U.S. visa eight times, Zoom CEO is now a billionaire by guitarbill on Thursday April 18, 2019 @11:23PM (#19696863)
sure, it's a complex situation, and IT is booming, so the "high salary + throw money at it" approach works great for individuals
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