So, does anybody know of any good startups here? Or any communities I should try to get involved with?
Rumor has it that most of this kind of work is done in English, which would help. I haven't been able to verify that yet though.
Anyway, maybe we can help each other out. Email me if you feel like it. It's a gmail account and I'm "davesimard".
Mattias Swenson of Bloglovin maintains a Ning network at http://swedishstartups.ning.com/ - it's not extremely active but if you sign up for a membership you'll get emails when new stuff happens, mostly in Stockholm but also in the rest of Sweden.
I'm in Stockholm, feel free to drop me an email (contact info in profile) if you'd like to chat or have any questions. Welcome and gear up for the coming winter ;)
Anyway, thanks for the links!
As for specific skills, lately I've been defaulting to Python. I've been going through all the SICP lectures too which is re-exciting me about lisp, but I'm not too optimistic about finding a job using that.
As for business areas, I'm feeling pretty open-minded right now.
It's a news site in English, and has what seems to be a quite lively forum section, which might be a good place to ask, too.
Niclas Carlsson runs "founders alliance" with an amazing bunch of startups.
Just to start the seach - welcome to Shining Stockholm!
Johan Lange
Education is free in Sweden. Check for if your background allows you to get into university courses. (The evening/distance courses are generally for older people that already works. Good contacts.)
You have checked for user groups of your favorite development environement(s)?
Disclaimer: I left the area for a nice job, a few years back. :-)
