A very beautiful place on earth: one friend who lives there enjoys road biking in the surrounding mountains. Another friend does cross-country skiing in his lunch break (in winter times).
replyI can totally see that. I imagine it's great for hiking and food. But if/when this company has an issue you'll have to move again or start working at the local Sparkasse or something.
replyI live nearby, its an amazing area, one of the sunniest in Germany with perfect landscape. Not sure about the talent pool though but there is a university.
replyFreiburg University is pretty well known isn't it?
replyHiring in university towns is a pretty standard practice for startups outside SF.
there's a reason people call it Flyburg im Nicegau.
replyWhy Fly?
replyBeing "fly" is slang for being cool. It has been officially chosen as German youth word of the year in 2016 [0].
reply[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_word_of_the_year_(German...
Ok boomer. SCNR 2016 is a while ago. Flew by me
replyI think these days not being in the US is a plus for many potential hires.
replyYou are completely ignorant. This is one of the best places to live and work on earth. Nonetheless, they also have positions in San Francisco for what is worth.
replyI'm sure it's a great place to live and work, but can you please edit out swipes from your comments here, as the site guidelines ask (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html)?
replyYour post would have been just fine without that first bit.
the bay is not the world.
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