>> Most of these smart young people wanted to go and work at companies like McKinsey, Goldman Sachs or Google. >> "The vast majority of our smart, technical gr

>> Most of these smart young people wanted to go and work at companies like McKinsey, Goldman Sachs or Google. >> "The vast majority of our smart, technical graduates take “safe” jobs at prestigious employers. I am trying to figure out why that is." Well Europe pays significantly less than US and if one wants to make any amount of significant (for Europe, lame for US) money, one's gotta work for prestigious US employers. Starting a business requires capital so here we have it: Europe has less money and to get them, the usual route is work for US.