I'm Australian, worked in SF 4 years, and left to start my company because the startup visa was axed.
There is a tonne of support for startups, and I've had no issues raising money. After all the "free money" and taking into account the reduced cost of SWEs, the math works out to be the same as fund raising in the US.
I've been told, and now that I'm hiring have started to observe, that there is a category of new graduate who may be less ambitious than in other countries.
You get emails which to me read "I'm a newly graduated X, I'm now ready to join your company to continue my education". I would say there are fewer people who have applied themselves through hobbies and side projects during their education.
I get that not everyone thinks that you should need to have side projects, but honestly I learned to code writing bots for MMORPGs, not university.
The good news is that you have access to the whole European market, and because the jobs are more spread out good people in other countries are paying attention to whats available elsewhere.
I live in Odense. Feel free to reach out, carl@fishirobotics.com.
There is a tonne of support for startups, and I've had no issues raising money. After all the "free money" and taking into account the reduced cost of SWEs, the math works out to be the same as fund raising in the US.
I've been told, and now that I'm hiring have started to observe, that there is a category of new graduate who may be less ambitious than in other countries.
You get emails which to me read "I'm a newly graduated X, I'm now ready to join your company to continue my education". I would say there are fewer people who have applied themselves through hobbies and side projects during their education.
I get that not everyone thinks that you should need to have side projects, but honestly I learned to code writing bots for MMORPGs, not university.
The good news is that you have access to the whole European market, and because the jobs are more spread out good people in other countries are paying attention to whats available elsewhere.
I live in Odense. Feel free to reach out, carl@fishirobotics.com.