> This isn't a plausible explanation if you are at all familiar with the tech world outside of the US I live outside the US and work in tech, so I am familiar

> This isn't a plausible explanation if you are at all familiar with the tech world outside of the US I live outside the US and work in tech, so I am familiar with it. > or even higher education systems I'm also a Visiting Academic in a higher education institution, so I'm familiar with that too. > the quantity of quality educated people is high in every developed country I'm not so sure - I'm in the UK, and we have a chronic lack of skilled technical people. It's a big problem - big enough to be a national security issue. We just don't seem to have the knowledge, skill, or aspiration to produce a lot of talented tech people, outside of a small elite. And I think the UK is in a good position compared to places like France, Italy, etc, which are even worse.