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Re:EU urged to protect grassroots AI research or risk losing... by skrebbel on Thursday May 04, 2023 @02:00PM (#35819559)
This is not my experience. There's lots of extremely good programmers here. Sure, they're hard to recruit, but so are they in the US.

Cities like Amsterdam and Berlin have a huge crowd of great tech people and most don't speak the local language.

Of course people exist who move to wherever the salaries are the highest, but way more people want to be able to visit mom and dad every once in a while.

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Re:EU urged to protect grassroots AI research or risk losing... by alex7o on Thursday May 04, 2023 @03:20PM (#35820749)
Or like to go visit Berghain once in a while.
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Re:EU urged to protect grassroots AI research or risk losing... by f6v on Friday May 05, 2023 @04:58AM (#35826853)
I’m not saying that Berlin and Amsterdam only get stupid people. But it’s uncommon to meet a graduate from a top school there (which isn’t a 100% reliable metic, but anyway).

What helps Europe(and I mean mostly Germany) are more relaxed immigration rules. Like you can come looking for job without having a job offer, or get permanent residence quickly. Working visas also aren’t capped like H1B.

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Re:EU urged to protect grassroots AI research or risk losing... by kevviiinn on Friday May 05, 2023 @01:21PM (#35832379)
Top school? In which countries? My money is on you're just considering US schools
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