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Opera voted second best work place in Norway by IT students

Published May 11th, 2007 11:40 AM EDT By Daniel Goldman

opera-work.jpgIn research conducted by Universum, a leading firm within employment branding and benchmarking, Opera Software was the second most popular choice to work at, trailing only Microsoft.

Between January and March of this year they had surveyed more than 3,000 IT students at all the leading universities and colleges around Norway. The students were (among other things) asked to name their preferred employers after graduation.

Here’s the list (complete list here):

  1. Microsoft
  2. Opera Software
  3. Statoil
  4. IBM
  5. Nokia
  6. Sun Microsystems
  7. Cisco Systems
  8. Hydro
  9. Ericsson
  10. Telenor

Opera officials attended an awards ceremony arranged by Universum last night.

With close to 400 employees, Opera is still much smaller than the other companies on the list, which I find kind of interesting. (See photos of Opera’s headquarters)

Interested in working at Opera? We’re hiring.

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  1. 1 GT500 May 11th, 2007 at 11:59 am
    using Opera Opera 9.20 on Windows Windows XP

    Funny, Opera Software’s rank is much higher than Telenor. I wonder if working conditions were one of the things that Jon von Tetzchner and Geir Ivarsøy wanted to improve upon when they left Telenor… ;)

  2. 2 Øyvind Ø May 11th, 2007 at 12:06 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.20 on Windows Windows XP

    I am amazed not to see Funcom on the list. Although I have never worked there my self (neither Opera), I would rank Funcom and Opera up there together from my point of view.

    - ØØ -

  3. 3 Khaled Khalil May 11th, 2007 at 1:47 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.20 on Windows Windows XP

    μ$ is the first ?!!
    also opera is the second while telenor is the tenth!.. strange, but logic

  4. 4 Lars May 11th, 2007 at 2:06 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.20 on Windows Windows XP

    Statoil, WTF? I guess that’s where all the less ambitious students go ;)

    Trolltech is on the list too, that’s neat.

  5. 5 Zoli May 11th, 2007 at 3:36 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.20 on Windows Windows XP

    I wouldn’t choose MicroooSoft X( , If I were a norvegian student. :)

  6. 6 Kyran May 13th, 2007 at 3:42 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.20 on Windows Windows XP

    Another example of a low population but high satisfaction in regards to Opera. ;)

  7. 7 William May 14th, 2007 at 12:37 am
    using Opera Opera 9.20 on Windows Windows XP

    How the heck did Microsoft get number 1?

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A: Absolutely not. In fact, many of the features that are popular in other browsers today were invented and pioneered by Opera a long time ago. Opera invented the precursor to tabs (in 1994), Page Zoom (1994), was the first browser to block pop-up ads (2000), first to add a Search field in the browser toolbar (2000), Sessions (1996), deleting private data (2000), Mouse Gestures (2000), User JavaScript (2005), BitTorrent support (2005), Widgets (2006), Speed Dial (2007), and much more.

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A: Much of the functionality provided through Firefox extensions is already built directly into Opera, so you don't have to download additional extensions in Opera. In addition, Opera is highly customizable and supports all standard plug-ins.

Q: Can I also use Opera on my mobile phone?
A: Yes. And your Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS or almost any connected device and mobile phones. Opera Mobile oftens comes preinstalled from the manufacturers, but if it doesn't you can install Opera Mini which runs on nearly all phones.

Q: This all sounds great, so how do I download Opera?
A: -- Opera on your computer
-- Opera Mini on your phone
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