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Re:Corruption Perceptions Index 2013 by busterarm on Thursday March 13, 2014 @11:00AM (#7392207)
You might have to wait a while. Denmark has a very strong "nobody ever got fired contracting IBM" business culture. There are one or two consultancies in Copenhagen that I'm aware of that my friends work at and could recommend. Most startups there seem to be design outfits. I'm told incorporating there is hard but didn't seem so to me from the requirements I read - you just need a lot of money available at the outset just to employ anyone (that's a positive, imo).

Anyway, there's starting to be some changes there - IBM missed a big contract or two with large clients to smaller outfits. Between that shift and the quality grads coming out of DTU, there may be some tech opportunities there if anyone starts investing money that way.

I would _love_ to go work over there but I doubt I could meet the requirements and I'm not lucky enough to have an EU citizenship.

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Re:Corruption Perceptions Index 2013 by rasmuskl on Thursday March 13, 2014 @11:09AM (#7392282)
There's lots of cool start-up culture in Denmark. (Podio, Zendesk, Zyb, etc)

While the system isn't always too kind to start-ups (high tax etc) they still do exist.

I've been working as a developer in Denmark for 7 years now (currently Xamarin) and haven't had a problem finding interesting projects.

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Re:Corruption Perceptions Index 2013 by workhere-io on Thursday March 13, 2014 @12:13PM (#7392739)
While the system isn't always too kind to start-ups (high tax etc)

Actually, apart from high personal income tax, Denmark is one of the most business-friendly countries in the world. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7391268

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Re:Corruption Perceptions Index 2013 by workhere-io on Thursday March 13, 2014 @12:08PM (#7392715)
There are lots of Danish startups: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7391809
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Re:Corruption Perceptions Index 2013 by workhere-io on Thursday March 13, 2014 @12:19PM (#7392782)
I would _love_ to go work over there but I doubt I could meet the requirements and I'm not lucky enough to have an EU citizenship.

I think there are company-sponsored visas available. You should try contacting one of the Danish companies you're interested in working for. They're always hiring.

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