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Re:How Sweden became the Silicon Valley of Europe by yann2 on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @07:08AM (#28140551)
Few months back, when a friend told me he might move to Stockholm from NYC I had no idea what to think. Sounded a bit nuts frankly as he has young kids and stuff.

These type of articles do help with such decisions, making locations more attractive etc. There will be a beauracrat somewhere in all govts pushing these narratives with press. How else do you attract talent in such a competitive world?

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Re:How Sweden became the Silicon Valley of Europe by cinntaile on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @07:31AM (#28140696)
One downside if you work for a startup, which can't really pay top dollar, is that stock option possibilities are quite limited so attracting top talent needs to be done using other advantages such as parental leave and child care and judging from your comment that could have been a deciding factor. Another major problem is housing.
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Re:How Sweden became the Silicon Valley of Europe by CRConrad on Thursday August 12, 2021 @06:19AM (#28154385)
> Sounded a bit nuts frankly as he has young kids and stuff.

May have sounded nuts otherwise, but "as he has young kids"? That would be a reason for moving to Stockholm (or Scandinavia in general), not against.

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