bobbytran

This was my point all along. You might be able to start a company in Sweden, but you won't be able to grow it there because of taxes and regulations.

It's funny how it took so long for someone to finally admit that I'm correct instead of being willfully ignorant about the realities of a socialist country like Sweden.

King.com is incorporated in Malta. Presumably to get around taxes in Sweden and Spotify is incorporated in Luxomburg. Stop changing the topic.

My point is that you can't grow a company in Sweden and every single example you have just given me are companies that left Sweden after growing to a certain stage.

I think I'm done arguing my point because facts and data dont seem to matter here and it's funny how such a seemingly intelligent community can be utterly blinded by politics.

The reality is that I would never incorporate a company in Sweden and incorporating pretty much anywhere else on earth would give me an advantage.

Incorporated outside of Sweden is the key here. It seems people are downvoting me because they dont want to hear the truth...but other commenters keep making my point quite nicely.

Incorporating outside of Sweden allows big companies to enjoy tax benefits and then hire Engineers from Sweden at an average of 50,000USD to 68,0000USD (these numbers can easily be found on Google).

They get lower taxes, a cheap labor pool, and the company isn't limited through draconian taxes and regulations, it only has to deal with it at a satellite office. It's a win-win.

Now show me a company that's large, started in Sweden, and is still in Sweden many years later.

All government funded operations except Minecraft..which is now owned by Microsoft.

Funny..the Original owner of Minecraft never stayed in Sweden with his billion dollars.

My point still stands: you can start a company in Sweden, but will never be able to grow it to sustainable levels unless you incorporate elsewhere (or get purchased).

All examples I've seen so far have only helped prove my point.

You made my point again. If you look at the wikipedia page, it's not incorporated in Sweden. It's a multinational corporation with an office in Sweden.

There will be no sustainable business. Regulations and taxes strangle your business before it gets to that point.

If you look at the business landscape of Sweden, it mostly consists of large multinational corporations with bases outside of Sweden (IKEA is a good example of this) and government jobs.

It doesn't leave much room for individuals wanting to start a business and actually having an chance at success.

It's very difficult to actually grow a company in a country like Sweden because of the regulations and taxes you are required to pay after a certain amount of employees.

This doesn't actually help you, it will only ruin your chance for negotiation and you will end up getting the lowest possible salary.

Open salary will only help pay inequality because everything is a secret right now and some people are better at negotiating.

If it were all open, we would have equally low salaries across the board from company to company.

It also puts the value on the position and not the person applying.

One company said I had to make a video of myself..and then the final interview would be singing a song of my choice in front of the entire company through video conferencing.

This was for a software engineer position. I didn't even bother going on the interview. I feel like the purpose was to see what they could get you to do.

I've made a career out of working for and with smaller companies. My paycheck is very good and I'm always learning new/different technologies.

Most smaller companies dont have these sorts of interviews. Most of mine have been technical in nature and some involved take-home projects, which were then discussed.

I've also avoided the dreaded non-compete clauses that FAANG employees need to sign and work on my own side-business with no issues.

Yes. Healthcare doesn't need another middleman Jacking up the prices.

The extreme wealth tax, will only push extremely wealthy people out of the US and the middle class will suffer once again.

I also don't believe the tax increases only on millionaires and the total you are showing for healthcare is much less than half of what's actually projected.

Bernie already said that most people will be getting tax increases.

He's also taxing Wallstreet, which will only reduce the 401ks and retirement funds of the middle class.

Economic destruction, so everyone is on a shittier playing field is his end goal and really the only end result of extreme Socialist policies.

I'm not 'afraid' of anything. Bernie couldn't even admit how much is programs cost (or didn't know). I would gladly vote for a more moderate Democrat.

Bernie Sanders has advocated for close to 100% taxes for top brackets in the past.

None of the Bernie Bros on this site either want to believe it or to admit it.

The shitty behavior of the Democrats and the push to full blown Socialism has pretty much forced me, my family, and all of my friends to vote Trump in 2020.

If you have a job that pays well, think again. If the Democrats win, you will be giving most of your earnings to the government.

Bernie Sanders has already said he believes there should be a maximum a person should make.

You form an LLC or you will most likely lose the client. No ridiculous law and force a client to keep you.

On the contrary, the Chinese government has removed many of the tariffs because their economy is tanking as a result of the recent travel restrictions.

The Russians again? The American public isn't that stupid.

When Obama was running, there were bots running rampant on many sites like Reddit.

Were they Russian too?

That would be fine. If the cost of living matched these lower salaries.

Toronto salaries are less than half than in the US for software developer roles. With the high cost of living, I dont know how anyone can live there.

Object oriented at least and probably using a modern JS framework

I've heard this argument again and again from Chinese government sympathizers...and it's just not true.

The vast majority of people aren't brutalized and shot by the police. If it does happen, it goes through a trial and the court systems.

The vast majority of people talking out against the Chinese government will be jailed or re-educated in China...that's the difference.

To me, 90% of a managers job is to act as a shit shield from above.

I suspect it originated from the pathogen lab in Wuhan and the Chinese government has covered it up.

Technical debt for me means I will have a job fixing it at my current company for many years to come (If I want it).

There will almost always be technical debt to some degree when it comes to software. Nothing is perfect and we always dont have the time to create the perfect fix..and instead need to just create something that works.

My opinion is that if you are spending all of your time posting hate towards another person, you are mentally Ill and should get help.

The problem is that many online communities foster this sort of thing and allow it to fester and grow..as if it's perfectly acceptable.

Reddit has subreddits that I've seen that are dedicated to this behavior and sites like Twitter and Facebook will only get rid of posts if it fits the current political narrative. I've seen republicans/conservatives get death threats against their kids with no bannings, but if you misgender someone, it's an instant ban.

Its these sorts of double standards that allows hate to flourish and sends a signal to the person doing it that it's acceptable behavior, so it not only continues, but gets worse...and the person sending the hateful messages will never stop there.

I've been working from home for the last 10 years. This article makes it sound like there are no down sides.

You can get distracted easily, especially with a spouse and children. It's also a much different working experience when nobody can see what you are doing. You need to have the same amount of discipline as you would if you were working on your own business.

It's also lonely. Most people rely on work to provide their social life (you are there 8 hours+/day). It can get lonely pretty fast if you have no friends outside of work.

I disagree. There is a large supply of programmers. There is a small supply of good programmers.

The good ones, if they know their own value, get paid well.

I'm currently paid well. They went through 50 applicants before getting to me and now rely on me to keep multiple systems running smoothly that run a 100 million dollar company.

I do have a college education, but have been working on some sort of code almost every day since I was 13 years old (now I'm 40).

Many of the things I do for work are easy...mostly because I know the systems so well.

Do you have proof that the SuperPACs only purpose was to oppose gay marriage?

He donated a very small amount of personal money as opposed to an entire company making donations.

The ex-Mozilla CEO was shit-canned for much less. I'm surprised so many here on HN support this.