Category: Finno-American culture relations

I used to live in the glorious USA, and wrote a few blog posts about it! Finno-American culture relations tells a very important story about similarities and differences between 2 great nations. ;)

For most of the time I was supporting Valo’s existing partners and evangelizing potential new ones. I did encounter some cultural oddities, and documented some of them under this tag.

All in all, I feel the 6 months I spent in the USA made me appreciate the country and its inhabitants far more than before – but it also made me realize the value of being an European. Overall, quite an eye-opening experience!

Name a more Canadian thing. That's right - you can't! Sorreyh.

Au revoir Canada, bonjour Finland.. Eh?

Is this seriously my first ACTUAL post about Canada? What a major gap in my content! However, living in Canada has been fairly hectic (with the work, family and trips), so I haven’t been able to write much about our life here – unlike when we were living in the…Continue reading Au revoir Canada, bonjour Finland.. Eh?

USA 5: Working for Valo Intranet – and what’ve I been up to last few months

I haven’t actually written that much about my daily work on this blog. I’m currently most involved with Blue Meteorite’s North America team and specialized in partner acquisition and support. Most of my time is spent either onboarding new partners or supporting the old ones in their Valo Intranet deployments.…Continue reading USA 5: Working for Valo Intranet – and what’ve I been up to last few months

USA, 4: You really, REALLY need a car to get around. Hence, Cadillac!

This is the fourth post depicting my and my wife’s excursion to the USA. We are in the country to study, travel, business and leisure. The short version of the post: we went and got a car because we didn’t have any other options. So, what’s up? We’ve been in…Continue reading USA, 4: You really, REALLY need a car to get around. Hence, Cadillac!

USA, 3: Epic and local IT industry excursions

This post is about our first excursion with the international student group to see Epic System’s HQ. During the first days, I also walked around the town a bit in search of wall plug adapters and accidentally made contact with the local IT industry. Getting my weird EU tech working…Continue reading USA, 3: Epic and local IT industry excursions

USA, 2: Traveling to Chicago O’Hare for Business and Leisure

This is the second post about my and my wife’s excursion to the USA and all the traveling we have done. We’ll be spending 6 months in the country, to study, attend conferences, travel, and compare the culture to Finland. Hopefully, we will learn something about ourselves and the world…Continue reading USA, 2: Traveling to Chicago O’Hare for Business and Leisure

USA, 1: Initial Thoughts

I’m staying in the United States of America for the first 6 months of 2017 for both work and leisure. In case you’d need to contact me during that time, that’s doable by normal means (Twitter/email). Just the timeframe’s a tad different due to my location being 8 hours from…Continue reading USA, 1: Initial Thoughts

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