Re:From a Lorry Driver to Ruby on Rails Developer at 38
by fooker on Monday April 22, 2024 @11:58AM
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Yeah makes sense.
I attended a boarding school in a third world country, it was a pretty neat childhood!
Re:From a Lorry Driver to Ruby on Rails Developer at 38
by zelphirkalt on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @06:23AM
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> An American colleague left Denmark so his children could grow up in the USA, but after about 3 months came back because the children missed their personal freedom. (Freedom to walk/cycle home from school, see friends without needing parents to drive them, etc.)
I saw some videos recommending the Netherlands as the safest and one of the family friendliest places to bring up your children. It was about safe bicycle lanes and safe ways to and from school and all that. Cannot recommend Germany in that regard, because education system here sucks and bicycle lanes are not cleared quickly and early in winter, or not at all. Also many car drivers here feel too much entitlement to speed in the city.
Re:From a Lorry Driver to Ruby on Rails Developer at 38
by Symbiote on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @08:32AM
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In this regard the Netherlands is ahead of Denmark, and Amsterdam is ahead of Copenhagen — but it would probably still feel like minor quibbling compared to Iowa or wherever my colleague is from.
> We tried this, and the kid refused.
That also works the other way.
An American colleague left Denmark so his children could grow up in the USA, but after about 3 months came back because the children missed their personal freedom. (Freedom to walk/cycle home from school, see friends without needing parents to drive them, etc.)