I am a developer in Chicago. I currently work for a consulting firm that is part of a family office / pe firm. Previously a commodity broker and forever a lover of markets in any and all forms.
It is a great place to live of you have above average income
It has great engineering schools ( not famous just of high quality in terms of syllabus and work done, though they have different kind of problems )
Salaries are way cheaper comparing to most of EU
Greeks are multilingual and have experience with working nicely with non Greeks eg tourism
So the market is relatively more evolved than other sectors as serious companies tend to open dev departments here and usually they are satisfied with the results.
BUT
The government historically works against the corporate world (micro politics and short vision of governance), both companies and employees, in terms of laws and tax policy.
Also, sadly, there is no guarantee that things will still be "equally good" if the government change as each one tends to rip off the work of the previous government if they are against, in terms of ideology. Even if it is working.
Such things( along with potential corruption and bureaucracy) prevent things to become even better on the software sector.
Hope I answered 😄 and hope it will get better soon
I am a developer in Chicago. I currently work for a consulting firm that is part of a family office / pe firm. Previously a commodity broker and forever a lover of markets in any and all forms.
Wow! Thank you for the response! I love learning about other counties and economies.
I was aware that many Greeks are multilingual and that Greece is a great place to live, many great universities ( I had the privilege of knowing a few of Greek's in college)
Yes, I agree that often one government undoes what the prior party/group did. It is unfortunate and does not help the majority of the county.
Great to learn more about the Greek tech community/economy.
My Regards,
Colin Rhys
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Periklis,
Interesting.
The dynamics are different in what way? (love the game theory of this stuff)
So Greece has the following qualities imho:
So the market is relatively more evolved than other sectors as serious companies tend to open dev departments here and usually they are satisfied with the results.
BUT
The government historically works against the corporate world (micro politics and short vision of governance), both companies and employees, in terms of laws and tax policy.
Also, sadly, there is no guarantee that things will still be "equally good" if the government change as each one tends to rip off the work of the previous government if they are against, in terms of ideology. Even if it is working.
Such things( along with potential corruption and bureaucracy) prevent things to become even better on the software sector.
Hope I answered 😄 and hope it will get better soon
Periklis,
Wow! Thank you for the response! I love learning about other counties and economies.
I was aware that many Greeks are multilingual and that Greece is a great place to live, many great universities ( I had the privilege of knowing a few of Greek's in college)
Yes, I agree that often one government undoes what the prior party/group did. It is unfortunate and does not help the majority of the county.
Great to learn more about the Greek tech community/economy.
My Regards,
Colin Rhys