Jet another 14nm CPU... so don't expect any noticeable performance boost. Even low-voltage iPhone XS CPU has the same single core performance as top-notch Intel processors for workstations... Apple is already using 7nm, but Intel needs at least 1-2 years more to make their 10nm manufacturing process working. This is what happend when a tech company only cares about high margin and nothing else.
I never did the test by myself, I just watched now a couple of yt videos. It looks like the test duration is a couple of seconds. To be fast a couple of seconds is not the same as to be fast for a long time.
And there are other much faster single core cpus on geekbench.
Of course, todays cellphone cpus are "little wonders" but the are (of course) not the same as a desktop cpu.
Yes, better not incorporate any business at all, than do it in Germany. You will waste 50% of your time on bureaucracy, instead of developing your product.
Germany has a lot of drawbacks to be the next silicon valley:
* the most difficult tax system in the world. even freelancers have to use accountant services, because most people will not be able to pay taxes properly without it.
* high taxes - 42% income tax + Solidaritätszuschlag 5.5% = 47.5%; for corporations it's ~30%.
* A LOT of buerocracy. I can't even send an email to tax authorities in my area, because they only accept paper letters but nothing else.
* highly qualified foreigners have to learn German and it's quite difficult language.
* the market in Germany is much smaller comparing to USA. If you want to target EU, then you have to support a lot of different languages, date/time formats, regulations and laws etc.
* recently the EU introduced a lot of additional regulations for internet companies (GDPR, new copyright directives that require checking uploaded files, etc...).
* weather is not that appealing as in the valley.
* the difference in salaries between regular developers and rockstars is very low. So there is zero motivation to become one.
* low salaries for software engineers. The most of senior software developers will earn 50.000 - 60.000 EURO anually and after paying taxes it's only ~2.600 EURO per month (3.000 USD)
* poor internet connection in a lot of places / poor connection speed - almost any country is better in this regard
> low salaries for software engineers. The most of senior software developers will earn 50.000 - 60.000 EURO anually and after paying taxes it's only ~2.600 EURO per month (3.000 USD)
Nonsense. Here in Berlin, €60k would only be competitive for an engineer with maybe 2-3 years experience.
Good senior people can (and should) get €85k - €90k. If you're in Berlin, and want to be pointed in the direction of companies who pay that, hit me up.
VPEng / CTO / Director-level roles are now €100K minimum in Berlin, and often significantly above.
This ^. I see a lot of people are tricked by their companies to get them to come to Berlin. Then the companies get them believing that a 60k salary is generous for someone with loads of experience.
Once you get here, you realize that a lot of companies pay much more than that and you've been taken advantage from.
> low salaries for software engineers. The most of senior software developers will earn 50.000 - 60.000 EURO anually and after paying taxes it's only ~2.600 EURO per month (3.000 USD)
i have 5 years experience and already earn that much. our most senior staff gets their low 6 figures + bonus. what most dont see is, that additionally to those numbers, your employer pays their share of your healthcare and social security. thats probably another 15% or more.
you get at least 20 vacation days. most of the time its around 30.
they cant just fire you because you got sick.
and in case you get fired, there is a social security net to catch you.
yeah, from an US view it might look like a bad place and i would appreciate lower taxes. on the other hand: my mom is fighting cancer sind 1999. in the US i would already be bankrupt or my mom would be dead. or both
For startups, taxes for corporations don't matter. You only pay taxes on profits. If you are living off venture capital, then you have none. If you are self-funding with organic growth then you have to make sure that you spend all your profits on growth which you should do anyway. Once you have matured, you can still restructure the company like Apple or Google and turn into an Irish or Estonian company. That's the advantage of the EU.
High income taxes are a problem. But that's not a problem for founders since their profits are hidden in the increased value of the company. It's a topic for the employees. They have elected parties that redistribute income. It's their choice how they want to spend their income. If you compare wages between Germany and USA then those taxes haven't made German labor more expensive than US labor. People don't have to earn as much as possible right away because they don't face nothing should they ever become handicapped.
> If you are self-funding with organic growth then you have to make sure that you spend all your profits on growth which you should do anyway
In my case I have a mortgage and kids. To make sure we get by, with the high profit tax, there needs to be enough profit left, ergo, I’m not investing as much in the company to leave enough for the government and my family to consume.
I’m sure there are enough people who can get by with very little, and what you say makes sense. Just doesn’t apply to all, and that means on the country scale: smaller pool of people that are willing, and less money going back into growing companies.
That's why you find constellations where a wife owns a company and the husband is the manager or vice versa. The manager gets a regular salary onto which he pays regular income taxes. That way, the income doesn't touch the profit tax. It should be the same if your company has various shareholders.
Few comments on this, I live and work in Germany as Freiberufler for last couple of years or so.
> * the most difficult tax system in the world. even freelancers have to use accountant services, because most people will not be able to pay taxes properly without it.
Nothing strange about it. When I was self-emoloyed in the UK, I also had to use services of an accountant.
> * high taxes - 42% income tax + Solidaritätszuschlag 5.5% = 47.5%; for corporations it's ~30%.
Taxes are high but, for example, Belgium has higher taxes. In the UK I was also hitting 38%. Corporate tax in the UK was back then 20% with 10% tax on dividends, Germany is expensive but not the most expensive.
> * A LOT of buerocracy. I can't even send an email to tax authorities in my area, because they only accept paper letters but nothing else.
Where do you live. No problem with Finanzamt in NRW and RLP communicating over email. Germans do almost everything on paper but things can snd are done over phone and email.
> * highly qualified foreigners have to learn German and it's quite difficult language.
No, they don‘t. It depends who your clients are. I live in NRW and barely speak German. Not proud of it, learning. Just an observation. For sure it‘s easier with the language knowledge.
> * the market in Germany is much smaller comparing to USA. If you want to target EU, then you have to support a lot of different languages, date/time formats, regulations and laws etc.
I am not sure what you mean by that. I just invoice people in different countries. Nothing to do with dates, languages, formats.
> * recently the EU introduced a lot of additional regulations for internet companies (GDPR, new copyright directives that require checking uploaded files, etc...).
Personal preference. I prefer this over another facebook or google.
> * weather is not that appealing as in the valley.
> * the difference in salaries between regular developers and rockstars is very low. So there is zero motivation to become one.
Fun fact, a graduate in Atlanta gets ~90k/year. Zero experience, barely left university.
> * low salaries for software engineers. The most of senior software developers will earn 50.000 - 60.000 EURO anually and after paying taxes it's only ~2.600 EURO per month (3.000 USD)
This number seems to be common everywhere in the EU. Different currencies but overall the same value.
> * poor internet connection in a lot of places / poor connection speed - almost any country is better in this regard
Oh yes. This is so common in Germany. When I read how easy it is to get fibre in India, I cringe.
Do you know why it's just not a priority? It's in the current coalition's agreement, but they just don't seem to get around to working on it, for example.
No, I have no idea. It's especially ridiculous since every unemployed person could be offered a job since digging trenches is something that everybody can do. It's a perfect economic stimulus for any country.
Europe is a no-go area for any startup. Instead of building your product, you will spend all your time complying with thousands of GDPR-like laws, difficult tax regulations, different languages etc. and every country has also a lot of additional national laws (Hackerparagraf in germany for example). It's just not worth it.
Almost every printed document also have hidden yellow dots that allows you to get certain information about that document (print date, print model etc...)
Developing a SaaS product based on completely proprietary stack that you can't even host yourself is VERY dangerous!!! Just yesterday there was a report that twitter bought a company and immediately closed their API access to all customers.
What will you do, if Amazon decide to close your AWS account for some reason? What if they discontinue one of the services you use?
Most of the stuff in GCP won't be closed like the list as they are used by enterprise customers (Or at least, there will be proper notice, migration path etc). I agree that at the end of the day you have little control over the infrastructure, its impossible for a lot of companies to maintain them which is why they are going to cloud. If you are very worried, you can just use the VMs (EC2 or GCP's VMs etc) and not use other services.
I think the other more important path mentioned would be: "what happens in case of a ban/restriction?". Not with AWS, but we've previously had accounts locked/closed "accidentally" - thankfully they were non-mission critical.
I agree from the standpoint of a user of a service, but that's just how it is nowadays because they work like a giant startup incubator. Several ideas are tried, as many as possible, as fast as possible, and some are worth for them to keep. Most are not. At least if it is opensource, if Google abandons it but it still is useful for a reasonable number of people, one can hope that a community will form and take over development.
Does it matter that App Maker is only available with a G Suite business subscription? I'm skeptical too, but at least this is (indirectly) a paid product.
That's the key point. It's going to be a revenue producer from Day One.
The question is, how long will G Suite itself last (as a paid service)? If AMZN or MSFT come out with equivalent services for free or very cheap, GOOG may reciprocate, and bang, no more revenue.
I'm not seeing 24 products in 2018, but just 1 - Encrypted Search.
I just realized you're counting the Others section and incorrectly lumping them into 2018.
It would seem you also neglected to read Wikipedia's banner above the Other section that stated:
This section is missing information about the discontinuation date of each product in this section. Please expand the section to include this information. Further details may exist on the talk page. (October 2013)
