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Where in Europe? I’ve hired in both Portugal and Germany and have seen a ton of US education. This is for developer positions I would expect it different if you

Where in Europe? I’ve hired in both Portugal and Germany and have seen a ton of US education. This is for developer positions I would expect it different if you are hiring line cooks.

manuelabeledo 5y ago
I don’t quite understand where you are going with this. Have you hired US nationals, or US educated people? Either way, I haven’t seen many US educated people in Europe, and especially in Portugal. > This is for developer positions I would expect it different if you are hiring line cooks. I’m a lead engineer myself. Again, I yet have to find anyone in Europe who would have primary and secondary education in the US in high consideration. In fact, after traveling in Asia, I had somewhat the same experience: top US universities were highly valued, but anything below that was mostly dismissed.
- flatiron 5y ago
  For both places I was simply filling roles. I think maybe 80% local and 20% us nationals? Maybe 90/10? Probably 50% had US educations listed. Maybe 40%? But it’s not like I didn’t see any. I’m not sure what you think is surprising. US people study abroad too. It’s very common and tech people tend to pick US because it’s heavy in tech.
  - manuelabeledo 5y ago
    > Probably 50% had US educations listed. Maybe 40%? That is an extremely large percentage if the candidate pool was chosen at random. That would be surprising in Europe. Anyway, I didn’t say it was surprising, but it is rare. > US people study abroad too. It’s very common and tech people tend to pick US because it’s heavy in tech. Sure. But there is a difference between hiring US nationals abroad, who likely would be US educated, and US educated Portuguese or German nationals, who are a very small minority of the population, and that’s what I was asking.

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Where in Europe? I’ve hired in both Portugal and Germany and have seen a ton of US education. This is for developer positions I would expect it different if you

by flatiron 5y ago

Where in Europe? I’ve hired in both Portugal and Germany and have seen a ton of US education. This is for developer positions I would expect it different if you are hiring line cooks.

manuelabeledo 5y ago
I don’t quite understand where you are going with this. Have you hired US nationals, or US educated people? Either way, I haven’t seen many US educated people in Europe, and especially in Portugal. > This is for developer positions I would expect it different if you are hiring line cooks. I’m a lead engineer myself. Again, I yet have to find anyone in Europe who would have primary and secondary education in the US in high consideration. In fact, after traveling in Asia, I had somewhat the same experience: top US universities were highly valued, but anything below that was mostly dismissed.
- flatiron 5y ago
  For both places I was simply filling roles. I think maybe 80% local and 20% us nationals? Maybe 90/10? Probably 50% had US educations listed. Maybe 40%? But it’s not like I didn’t see any. I’m not sure what you think is surprising. US people study abroad too. It’s very common and tech people tend to pick US because it’s heavy in tech.
  - manuelabeledo 5y ago
    > Probably 50% had US educations listed. Maybe 40%? That is an extremely large percentage if the candidate pool was chosen at random. That would be surprising in Europe. Anyway, I didn’t say it was surprising, but it is rare. > US people study abroad too. It’s very common and tech people tend to pick US because it’s heavy in tech. Sure. But there is a difference between hiring US nationals abroad, who likely would be US educated, and US educated Portuguese or German nationals, who are a very small minority of the population, and that’s what I was asking.