I can completely agree with this article. I've worked at Skype, and now I see many of my ex-colleagues having large impact at other startups and tech companies - some Estonian, some international. Transferwise. Twillio. Pipedrive. Fleep. Just a few ones where ex Estonian Skypers and their network have a huge impact. Twillio and Transferwise are two good international examples who did this and have had excellent results - the Tallin offices producing some of the best engineering outputs globally.
Almost every talented Skype engineer I know of has joined either a new startup, or a promising tech company with European offices. And many of them have not moved from Tallin - having these companies open offices here, and hire more locals, who the seniors then mentor and train.
It's incredible what effect a single company - Skype - has had to the tech community for all of Estonia.
Almost every talented Skype engineer I know of has joined either a new startup, or a promising tech company with European offices. And many of them have not moved from Tallin - having these companies open offices here, and hire more locals, who the seniors then mentor and train.
It's incredible what effect a single company - Skype - has had to the tech community for all of Estonia.