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Re:Ask HN: Help. I need to go away from here by simias on Thursday January 23, 2014 @08:27AM (#7107972)
Come on, don't be a drama queen, as a european citizen how can you be trapped? You can go work anywhere in Europe without visa.

I'm in France and we're not well renowned for our startup scene, but you can still find something interesting if you look hard enough and build your skillset, either through more boring jobs or the open source "scene".

And if tomorrow I can't find any appealing job in France I'll just move to Germany, the UK or wherever.

The only thing that's stopping you is your fears, your skills and/or your ambitions.

I wish you the best of luck but please try to get a little perspective, there are millions of people who are trapped right now in countries at war.

And without looking for war-torn countries, us people in the IT crowd have it really easy in the job market compared to... well almost anybody else these days in Europe really, possibly with the exception of traders.

Re:Ask HN: Help. I need to go away from here by yen223 on Thursday January 23, 2014 @08:58AM (#7108141)
I really don't want to be harsh on the OP, but his EU citizenship means he can easily move to another European country without problems. You want to talk trapped? Try being born in an Islamic country.
Re:Ask HN: Help. I need to go away from here by jnardiello on Thursday January 23, 2014 @09:08AM (#7108193)
You are all extremely superficial. Being "potentially" able to do something, doesn't mean that you can actually do it or that you'll improve your situation by doing it.
Re:Ask HN: Help. I need to go away from here by watermel0n on Thursday January 23, 2014 @09:17AM (#7108243)
I appreciate your comment and yes, maybe, I was too dramatic. But it feels like it. I know I am an EU citizen and so on that's why I asked for advices and I got what I asked for. This community is wonderful, I love HN because there is always someone who can help.
Re:Ask HN: Help. I need to go away from here by markyc on Thursday January 23, 2014 @09:23AM (#7108284)
yep, from the title i thought he lives in Ukraine or in some war-torn country

You may want to emulate Balsamiq's Peldi, or at least shoot him an email and get some perspective from him

Start your own projects and take the initiative, or like others have pointed, just switch countries

gl!

Re:Ask HN: Help. I need to go away from here by davidw on Thursday January 23, 2014 @09:48AM (#7108444)
Peldi actually lived in the US for a while, where he built up some savings prior to launching. He also incorporated Balsamiq as an LLC before doing the Italian equivalent (which is way more expensive and bureaucratic).
Re:Ask HN: Help. I need to go away from here by _kulte on Thursday January 23, 2014 @10:11AM (#7108593)
Might want to shoot Salvatore Sanfilippo an email as well.