> Even in Berlin, which is often touted as a "tech hub", working at a startup is still this novel little thing and I'd bet half the people in them couldn't tell

> Even in Berlin, which is often touted as a "tech hub", working at a startup is still this novel little thing and I'd bet half the people in them couldn't tell you who Paul Graham is. Oh, absolutely. There’s also plenty of anti-US propaganda nonsense. Berlin is a tiny island compared to cities like Raleigh, NC, let alone SF, and they often don’t attract the cream of the crop due to language requirements in many tech jobs. My life is hard enough as it is—don’t force German on me.