[beagle3]

Every single experience I've had with a swede, (technical, entrepreneur, or otherwise) has been extremely pleasant. It might be selection bias - most of those that I've met were outside sweden at the time I met them - but from spending some time in Lund, I got the impression that it's a national trait, to the point that I have considered moving to sweden for a few years if the stars align properly.

Perhaps we can have a sweded version of NYC in the US? :) That would be ideal.

[lrem]

Beware of possible problems when relocating. I know an experienced graphic designer who moved there, due to personal reasons, to see her career go to a sudden stop. At some point she forced a HR person from one of the companies ignoring her CV to answer why. It went more or less like that:

- Oh, that's simple, you completely lack experience.

- Have you missed the entries in my CV?

- No, but none of them was in Sweden.

On the other hand, this may be completely irrelevant in startups.

[purplelobster]

Where did she gain her experience? I don't want to assume anything, but I think experience from some countries are looked more favorable upon, but I could be wrong.

[lrem]

That's probable. She worked in Poland, usually for big international companies. The last one was actually a Swedish one, but apparently being located in an office on the other side of a pond invalidates your experience.

That, or this was just an excuse to hide a real reason (could be pretty well crisis-induced).

[beagle3]

Thanks. This is very interesting; "Stars aligned" means, among other things, that I won't move before I know I have a job.

[nlh]

I've had the same experience. Though on an interesting note - I had drinks with one recently and told him as much, and he was taken aback by my observation. "Really? I've found them to be quite difficult at times." Maybe there's something cultural about the way they interact with themselves vs outsiders? Or, as you pointed out, maybe it's the ones who leave Sweden regularly :)

[skarmklart]

Lund native here. If you ever visit again - feel free to hit me up :)

[rodelrod]

Individuals from all nationalities are nice. Especially the ones you meet out of their national cocoon. They're just nice in different ways. It's when you deal with them as groups that the cultural differences start to grate you. And when the group becomes a crowd, they all turn into monstrous beasts with no brains.

[ry0ohki]

>Perhaps we can have a sweded version of NYC in the US?

Minneapolis? The "super nice" midwest basically has it's roots in Sweden.