SAP is the only big software company in Europe and biggest by far, 10x revenue of second largest European software company. SAP accounts for 1/3 software revenue of European companies. And guess what? SAP is the biggest pile of horseshit ever. Why Europeans are so bad at building software?
If you check the history of Silicon Valley you will find out it started with military funding. During the same time Europe was split in half by the Iron curtain. In more recent times, in Internet era, the most monetized market is US, due to ease to get credit card. Even though EU is rich, online shopping wasn't nearly as easy as in US - think borders, customs, using debit cards and checks instead of credit cards
The question you should be asking is when Asia taking over the west. Eu has been in decline for years, perhaps US next
Cuz europeans want to work 5 hrs per day 4 days a week. Give’em another century and with this attitude they’ll all be speaking chinese.
Why ARE Americans so much...
Eastern Europeans > other Europeans > Americans
Where do Indians come in this equation?
The same way Israelis are better than Americans at software. Technology innovation from facing war.
Because you guys got a lot of bank holidays and good laws to protecting the working class. Your developers or engineers probably have a better life work balance.
This.
Spotify and Skype are great
I think they work less and enjoy life more. My sibling lives in Europe and she feels that Engineering in US is competitive. There is very less room to relax. They work 6-7hrs only 4 days a week. They are also not motivated by money. They seem to be peaceful whereas we are constantly trying to chase glory. Nobody knows what that is but we keep running.
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