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		jakeonthemove on June 12, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Why is Apple ripping of European users? 1€... I was talking more about the mainland - Germany, Netherlands and Belgium to be more specific... But you can't really compare anything with the Silicon Valley directly - IT and engineering jobs are present all over the US, and they pay less than SV companies and startups, too...

mjwalshe on June 12, 2012 [–]

well going from UK to Europe "Engineers" are MUCH MUCH Higher status jobs.

The wife of the Number 2 at BT labs (you know the place that desigend and built Colossus) once got asked what sort of cars her husband worked on :-(

And yes they did think he was a car mechanic.

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