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by _delirium
5223 days ago
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My impression (foreigner in Denmark) is that visibility and what "counts" is some of the problem as well. For example, university masters programs track employment statistics of their graduates, but the statistics, in many cases, count people who start their own businesses as basically in the "not employed" bucket, so there's no incentive for universities to promote entrepreneurship, and to the extent they do, they get no credit for it anyway. The statistics are basically looking for, "graduated, got a job at Maersk". I don't think the salaries are the issue, though, because Danish engineering salaries, while nice, are slightly lower than Silicon Valley, so they can't be the main difference. Another complaint I've heard is that there are some issues around entrepreneurship and the social-welfare system, because if you start a company and it fails, you aren't eligible for the same benefits as an employee who joins a business and then gets fired. That's also true in the U.S. (no unemployment insurance for entrepreneurs), but the U.S. social-welfare system is weaker so it's not as big a differentiator; losing the a-kasse is a bigger deal. On the other hand, the fact that Danish startups get free healthcare for themselves and employees is a plus. |
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I mean in 30 years from now, can you see construction workers build houses the way they do today in most modern societies?
I certainly can't and yet some young guys today is going to choose to work in that field because that is what they think they can manage.
I mean hell even the creative industry is feeling the heat in many ways.
Danish healthcare is a plus but I think it's only a matter of time before we will see the end of it.
It's unsustainable because you can never put enough money into healthcare. 100% taxes arent enough to compensate.
The US system is broken in many ways but so is the Danish. It's just not visible yet.