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Re:Break Up The Elite College Seats Cartel by 908B64B197 on Thursday June 02, 2022 @03:32PM (#31599505)
> London is huge talent magnet and salaries/TC at top tech companies are about 75-80% of Bay Area and comparable to Zurich

Citation needed. I've seen London attract Europeans but a lot more people are trying to jump from London to the Bay Area than the opposite.

> compared to cultural wasteland of bay area.

Ironically, there are two prominent Bay Area schools listed in the special interest list from the UK government. [0]

[0] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/high-potential-in...

Re:Break Up The Elite College Seats Cartel by dfadsadsf on Monday June 06, 2022 @11:31AM (#31641758)
Big tech offices in London are chock full of Americans - especially at staff/sr manager and above level

Both Stanford and Berkley are isolated from areas they are located in and you have to be student to enjoy cultural life inside. You may visit art gallery/museum in Stanford (it's nice!) but that's pretty much it.