> Also it helps that Europe is so behind in tech that if you want to do some cutting edge tech you are almost forced to join a public institution because privat

> Also it helps that Europe is so behind in tech that if you want to do some cutting edge tech you are almost forced to join a public institution because private ones are not doing anything exciting. This is genuinely cringeworthy. Do you think that companies in the EU all use COBOL on mainframes and nothing newer than 10 years old is allowed? Airlines and banks here(!) are rewriting their apps to be Kubernetes native... And have been doing so for years. Amadeus (top 2 airline booking software in the world) were a top Kubernetes contributor already a decade ago. The tech problems being solved at Criteo, Revolut, Thales, BackMarket, Airbus, Amadeus (to name a few fun ones off the top of my head) are no less challenging and bleeding edge than... "the Uber of X" app number 831813 in the US. Or fucking Juicero or Theranos or any of the other scams.