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I believe part of the reason for the existence of Silicon Valley in the US is Stanford and Berekely. You have two great schools that attract the smartest engine

I believe part of the reason for the existence of Silicon Valley in the US is Stanford and Berekely. You have two great schools that attract the smartest engineers from all over the country. That doesn't exist in Europe. Firstly, there is an economic disadvantage to studying in a different EU country, and most importantly there are cultural and language barriers. Instead of having a concentration of the smartest engineers studying within a couple of colleges, you have smart people being distributed rather sparsely over quite a large area.

izendejas 17y ago
i agree. but the chicken or egg had to come from somewhere. where the talent came from is, i bet, a good story in itself. i think David Packard and Bill Hewlett (arguably the original silicon valley founders to have great success) set a great tone. at the time, very few employees had no stake in a company and stuff like flex-time didn't even exist. all these perks, i'm sure also played a role in attracting great talent (you can see it with Google and others today). i currently work for hp, so i know this story and would like to share it (despite being a bit off-topic): http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/1998/julaug/articles/founding_fathers/founding_fathers.html http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/1998/julaug/arti...