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Re:Is education no longer the ‘great equalizer’? by zepto on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @10:49PM (#27613316)
> I'd say that Linux kernel was developed by an international network of hackers with a Finnish leader, and benefited a lot from GNU userland.

Linus did quite a bit before the network of hackers joined in. But I don’t disagree with you. My main point is that the US, and big American tech companies don’t have a monopoly on talent.

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Re:Is education no longer the ‘great equalizer’? by oriolid on Thursday June 24, 2021 @09:00AM (#27616811)
Not monopoly, but they do pay well and let developers do things, and those two things attract talent. AFAIK it used to be really uncommon in European companies to have advanced career path for engineering, and switching to management is still kind of expected.
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Re:Is education no longer the ‘great equalizer’? by zepto on Thursday June 24, 2021 @10:15AM (#27617812)
> it used to be really uncommon in European companies to have advanced career path for engineering, and switching to management is still kind of expected.

That matches my experience. It concurs with the statement I made elsewhere in this thread that what is holding Europe back is its business culture, not some kind of American Colonialism.

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