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Brexit: 70 Percent of Tech Workers Considering Leaving UK
- chiefalchemist 9y agoA survey of 200... That's hardly sufficient sample size. Also, how where those 200 selected.
- arjie 9y agoWhy is it not adequate? Surely one cannot say without knowing their sampling method.
- chiefalchemist 9y agoOk. Fair enough. But if you imagine all the potential possibilities as to why, when, etc. then it hardly seems reliable. I can't imagine that in London alone 200 represents the depth and breadth of ppl.
- lacampbell 9y agoAlso, how where those 200 selected. Hand picked from yet another hacker news circle jerk thread about brexit?
- chiefalchemist 9y agoExactly :) The questions also matter. Frank Luntz will tell you that ;)
- lacampbell 9y agoHave you been to the UK? That's peoples normal state of mind at any given point in time.
- cpncrunch 9y agoIt doesn't mean they'll actually carry through with it. How many people threatened to emigrate to Canada after Trump got elected? The options are: move to a non-English speaking country (assuming those countries don't shut off their borders with the UK). Or try to get a visa to emigrate to Canada, USA, Australia or NZ. Canada is probably the easiest, as you can get in as a skilled worker, if you fit the criteria and you're prepared for a long wait.
- tzs 9y agoShouldn't Ireland be on the English speaking list? It's true that the Irish is the official national language, but the country is officially bilingual with English as the other official language. In practice, Ireland is an English-speaking country with a large Irish language presence (about 40% consider themselves competent in Irish). For comparison, that's about the same relationship that English and Spanish have in the Los Angeles/Long Beach/Santa Ana area, or in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale/Pompano Beach area.
- cpncrunch 9y ago>Shouldn't Ireland be on the English speaking list? Yes, of course. I should know that as I'm from there :) I kind of just lump Ireland with the UK in my mind (as part of it is in the UK, and the people and culture are virtually identical to Scotland).
- amriksohata 9y agoexactly, just more scare mongering
- youngtaff 9y agoSample size is way too small… But as a British national, I'm actively in the process of looking at elsewhere