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DrPrimemaster posted...

I always thought of Scotland as farms. So apparently its a good area for tech?

Have you ever been to Chicago? The way youre describing Scotland sounds like Chicago but the people are nicer. Chicago is the one of the coolest cities to live in in the US in my opinion. Kind of expensive though. I wonder what the cost of living in Scotland will be.

Im so curious to see how this goes because I never would have thought doing software engineering in Scotland was a thing.

Edinburgh has a great university, they have a really big startup scene, some large homegrown startups (Skyscanner and FanDuel), and keep growing. They also have a very large tech fest (Turing Fest).

I saw a lot of data science and analytics hubs there too.

Glasgow is the biggest city and a lot of large companies are there.

And yes I visited Chicago right after the UK! It was definitely my top choice for the states. Scotland is more affordable (but pays less so might even out).

I prefer Scotland cause of politics (compared to states in general), guns (not a dig at Chicago, I'm talking about the states in general, Chicago as a state choice again was my top choice), nature, proximity to Europe, train access across cities, and I just preferred it over there. Also no tornados lol (growing up in Texas I hate those..)

But I really did like Chicago. I'll be missing Mexican food and Chicago had that as a definite win hah (I did find a Mexican grocer in Scotland though so I can cook stuff on my own).

https://www.scotsman.com/business/edinburgh-singled-out-as-uks-next-big-technology-hub-3551782

https://technation.techcityuk.com/cluster/edinburgh/