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I stand by my comment that I could not start a company in the garage of my father in law in Mulheim an der Ruhr. Many of those commenting here should see how co
by martinvars 14y ago
I stand by my comment that I could not start a company in the garage of my father in law in Mulheim an der Ruhr. Many of those commenting here should see how companies get started in USA. And yes kudos to Germany for its changes in recent years. Other European countries should follow its lead. But lets remember one thing, a deregulated work environment in USA has led to engineers getting paid 2 or 3 times as much and that does not include stock options taxed at capital gains rates.
- GFischer 14y agoThat is true, however the article did come off as very strong criticism, some of it unwarranted (I thought your criticism of severance was too strong). Looking forward to hearing your keynote at Punta Tech :)
- GFischer 14y agoCorrection, it seems Martin's not speaking at Punta Tech this year, I still hope he attends.
- avar 14y agoIt's led to engineers getting paid more, but it's also arguably had negative effects on the people most of those European laws were meant to protect.
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- hamax 14y ago> But lets remember one thing, a deregulated work environment in USA has led to engineers getting paid 2 or 3 times as much Are you sure you're not confusing correlation and causation? China for example has no work regulations but engineers there don't get payed 3 times as much as in Europe. And China here is not an exception, US are. You'd have to do much more research to claim that deregulation leads to better payed jobs.