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Your moneyview is partially correct but this is also a very, VERY deep cultural mindset Europeans don't take so well to "haha this quarter was bad guess we wil

Your moneyview is partially correct but this is also a very, VERY deep cultural mindset Europeans don't take so well to "haha this quarter was bad guess we will lay off 15% of the office" There is a very, VERY good reason that these are Europeans going from an american company with an office (formerly HQ) in London to a potential European Startup. If you want to boil it down, this is about power, and Power shall NOT eternally flow from California.

3abiton 3y ago
But assuming your hypothesis correct, wouldn't that mean most of those researchers would relocate to EU, which is not the case for most of them?
- vitorgrs 3y ago
  The article said the new startup would be located in Paris....
- dukeyukey 3y ago
  These researchers are already based in the EU (Deepmind's Paris office) and are staying in the EU.
FirmwareBurner 3y ago
>these are Europeans Firstly, "European" is not a country nor a nationality with a single culture for such broad generalization, as you're trying to make it be. Individuals value different things differently indifferent from where they come from. There's Europeans who would trade vacation and security for more money and impact, and there's Americans who would trade money and impact for more vacation and security. Nationality plays no part in this, only personal choice. Secondly, how sure are you that all of DeepMind's employees stem from the old continent in order to make such broad generalizations? AFAIK they have members from all over the globe, not just Europe. >Power shall NOT eternally flow from California. Please. Don't. I get enough loud-mouth, nationalistic, fist-in-the-air propaganda from the politicians in the mainstream media, it has no place on HN.
j7ake 3y ago
Does a European start up have more stability than a big American tech company? I doubt it. Once money dries up a start up has to close up shop no matter where it is located.

3abiton 3y ago

But assuming your hypothesis correct, wouldn't that mean most of those researchers would relocate to EU, which is not the case for most of them?

vitorgrs 3y ago
The article said the new startup would be located in Paris....
dukeyukey 3y ago
These researchers are already based in the EU (Deepmind's Paris office) and are staying in the EU.

FirmwareBurner 3y ago

>these are Europeans Firstly, "European" is not a country nor a nationality with a single culture for such broad generalization, as you're trying to make it be. Individuals value different things differently indifferent from where they come from. There's Europeans who would trade vacation and security for more money and impact, and there's Americans who would trade money and impact for more vacation and security. Nationality plays no part in this, only personal choice. Secondly, how sure are you that all of DeepMind's employees stem from the old continent in order to make such broad generalizations? AFAIK they have members from all over the globe, not just Europe. >Power shall NOT eternally flow from California. Please. Don't. I get enough loud-mouth, nationalistic, fist-in-the-air propaganda from the politicians in the mainstream media, it has no place on HN.

j7ake 3y ago

Does a European start up have more stability than a big American tech company? I doubt it. Once money dries up a start up has to close up shop no matter where it is located.