[some_account]

Jesus. You would be alone in the office after 17.00 if you were in Sweden, and people would think you are a sucker for wasting your life in an office.

You would be seen as someone who has no life. You would not get respect or higher salary here.

You have to admit, the Swedish way is sane while your culture is crazy.

[Choque]

Have to agree there. I rarely stay in the office that long. Usually it's because I started later on that day, so I stay a bit longer. 39h/week and senior dev in a big IT company (4000+ ppl) so yea, I like it here and can't comprehend some of these comments here.

[somethingsimple]

Before immigrating to the US, I actually looked into Sweden. It seems nearly impossible to immigrate there :/

Everything I hear about your country sounds amazing!

[hasa]

Impossible to immigrate to Sweden? They take enormous amounts of immigrants every year. If you just find employer, they will handle the bureaucracy for you. At least you'll get a work permission for certain time and it can be extended if conditions are ok. Consider Finland too.